One doesn't actually know a clock is stopped without a bit of deliberate effort. One looks at the clock and reads the time off it. That takes less than a second.
Twice a day it is reading the correct time. That is irrefutable, no matter how much it bothers you.
The adage is new to you, yes?
The point is that the broken clock has a silver lining (twice a day -maybe more on the Space Station)
Yes it could, but I’m not sure “lining” would then be the correct description. However I suppose you may be right to suggest that a bright halo, perhaps around a gap within the cloud, could be what the originator of the metaphor had in mind. It’s a curious expression.
Just pointing out that the concept is faulty. Okay to take it out and play with it, just don't stick it in other people's faces.
That is weird .It is the word I also had in mind yesterday (wrt to this thread I think but I can't remember how it popped into my head-probably just thinking of a worthy inclusion)
Shufti is also from Arabic, I think.
My word of the day application suggested that it was Persian, so India is very likely true.
Yes, Wiki suggests it originated in Middle Persian (~500 AD) and spread from there both west to Arabia, east to India and north to the Caucasus and thence to Russia. It seems to be extremely widespread, even featuring in Greek, Italian and French.
I had never heard the term until today.
