hope against hope
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Likely a paraphrase of the first few words of Romans 4:18.[1]
Pronunciation
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Verb
[edit]hope against hope (third-person singular simple present hopes against hope, present participle hoping against hope, simple past and past participle hoped against hope)
- (idiomatic) To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible.
Translations
[edit]to keep hoping even when the odds are against
References
[edit]- ^ The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 1611, →OCLC, Romans 4:18: “Who against hope, beleeued in hope, that hee might become the father of many nations: according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seede bee.”