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sunny side
noun
the part upon which sunlight falls.
the sunny side of the house.
a pleasant or hopeful aspect or part.
the sunny side of life.
some age less than one specified.
You're still on the sunny side of thirty.
sunny side
noun
the cheerful aspect or point of view
look on the sunny side of things
informalyounger than (a specified age)
Word History and Origins
Origin of sunny side1
Idioms and Phrases
The pleasant or cheerful aspect of something, as in Beth always sees the sunny side of events like graduations . This idiom alludes to the area on which sunlight falls. [First half of 1800s]
on the sunny side of . At an age less than, younger than, as in He's still on the sunny side of forty . [Second half of 1800s]
sunny-side up . Fried so that the yolk remains intact and uppermost, as in I ordered my eggs sunny-side up and you brought me scrambled eggs . This expression transfers the appearance of the sun to that of an egg yolk. [c. 1900]
Example Sentences
We talked about her palette, her understanding of the sunny side and the rainy side and the cloudy side of L.A.
Make sure you close the windows on the sunny side of your home, to keep out hot air.
In the summer of 1924, American comics readers met a new kind of heroine: a 10-year-old girl with curly red hair, a wisecracking mouth, and an unshakeable tendency to look on the sunny side of life, no matter how often she’s beaten down.
"She was a unique character, always seeing the sunny side of life she had a wicked sense of humour and always laughed at my bad jokes," he said.
Her reporting travels for “The Sunny Side of the Atom” took her to numerous places, including Princeton, N.J., where Albert Einstein, who had ignored her letters asking for an interview, lived and worked.
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