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against
hope
To continue to
hope
, even when what is
hope
d for seems unlikely or impossible.
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cross my heart and
hope
to die
added to a promise or a statement to show how serious one was about being honest in what one said
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hope
springs eternal
The feeling of
hope
fulness endlessly renews itself.
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hope
springs eternal in the human breast
Alternative form of
hope
springs eternal.
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carry a torch for
[2] To harbor feelings of love despite not being in a relationship; generally unrequited or after a relationship has ended, and sometimes implying secret feelings. There is the implication of keeping
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enough to make the angels weep
Something so distressing that it causes one to lose
hope
and faith.
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fool's paradise
A state of happiness due to illusion or false
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goose is cooked
All
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is gone; there is no possibility of success.
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in shape
I
hope
to get in shape for summer swimsuit season.
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keep one's fingers crossed
to
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for the best, to show support
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on spec
I'm writing an article on spec. I
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some magazine will buy it.
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on spec
Short form of "on speculation": Creating a work with the
hope
of selling it, as opposed to creating a work "on commission" for hire.
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pipe dream
fanciful
hope
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take the wind out of someone's sails
To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose
hope
or the will to continue.
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throw dirt enough, and some will stick
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I
hope
...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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twinkle in one's father's eye
A notional look of anticipation or
hope
(either for sex or a child) in one's father's eyes at or around the time of one's conception.
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you can't say fairer than that
That is good, reasonable, or fair; one cannot
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for a better decision or outcome.
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