Смысл: bishopess

bishopess[ʹbıʃəpes]
n
<Í> жена епископа

hope Идиома

cross my heart and hope to die

promise sincerely I'll pay you back on Friday, cross my heart and hope to die.

get your hopes up

cause you to be hopeful, pin your hopes on Now don't get your hopes up, but I plan to appeal your conviction.

Great White Hope

(See The Great White Hope)

haven't got a hope

do not have a good chance of succeeding If you don't study for exams, you haven't got a hope.

haven't got a hope in hell

have no chance to win or succeed or survive etc. If the parachute doesn't open, I haven't got a hope in hell.

high hopes

expecting the best, hoping for success Todd has high hopes for his son, including a college education.

hope against hope

continue to hope when things look very bad The rescue team were hoping against hope that the lost hikers would be found alive.

hopes dashed

plans ruined, dreams lost Her hopes were dashed when she failed the entrance exam.

pin your hopes on

hope for one big chance, hope without planning, all your eggs... If you pin your hopes on some horse winning a race, you will probably be disappointed.

The Great White Hope

caucasian boxer who could win the heavyweight title In the 1970s, George Chuvallo was The Great White Hope.

hope for

expect and desire 希望
The men have been hoping for a rise.工人们一直希望增加工资。
In this we hope for your help．在这件事上，我们希望得到你的帮助。
Let's hope for the best and prepare for the worst．让我们作最好的打算，作最坏的准备。

pin one's hope on

expect寄希望于
The shopkeeper pinned his hopes on a revival of trade．店主希望生意再度兴隆起来。
Some of the old people pinned their hope on government relief．有些老年人把整个希望寄托在政府的救济上。

pin one's hope (s) on

in hopes of

Idiom(s): in hopes of sth

Theme: HOPE

expecting something. (Also with high, as in the example.)
• I was in hopes of getting there early.
• We are in high hopes that John and Mary will have a girl.

hope against all hope

Idiom(s): hope against (all) hope

Theme: HOPE

to have hope even when the situation appears to be hopeless.
• We hope against all hope that she'll see the right thing to do and do it.
• There is little point in hoping against hope, except that it makes you feel better.

cross one's heart and hope to die

Idiom(s): cross one's heart (and hope to die)

Theme: PROMISES

to pledge or vow that the truth is being told.
• It's true, cross my heart and hope to die.
• It's really true—cross my heart.

Cling to hope

If people cling to hope, they continue to hope though the chances of success are very small.

Hope in hell

If something hasn't got a hope in hell, it stands absolutely no chance of succeeding.

hope against hope|hope

v. phr. To try to hope when things look black; hold to hope in bad trouble. The mother continued to hope against hope although the plane was hours late. Jane hoped against hope that Joe would call her.

in hopes|hope|hopes

adj. phr. Hopeful; hoping. The Mayor was in hopes of having a good day for the parade. Mother was in hopes that the cake would be good to eat.

dash someone's hopes

dash someone's hopes
Destroy someone's plans, disappoint or disillusion. For example, That fall dashed her hopes of a gold medal. This term uses dash in the sense of “destroy,” a usage surviving only in this idiom. [Second half of 1500s]

hope

hope
In addition to the idioms beginning with hope, also see great white hope; in hopes of; live in; not a hope in hell; pin one's hopes on; while there's life there's hope.
* * *
- hope against hope
- hope springs eternal

hope springs eternal

hope springs eternal
People will keep on hoping, no matter what the odds. For example, I keep buying lottery tickets—hope springs eternal. This expression was coined by Alexander Pope (An Essay on Man, 1732) and quickly became proverbial.

in the hope

in the hope
see under in hopes of.

not a hope in hell

not a hope in hell
Also, not a prayer. No chance at all, as in There's not a hope in hell that we have a winning bid, or If you don't watch the conductor you won't have a prayer of coming in on time. The first term was first recorded in 1923, the second in 1941. Both allude to the chance for heavenly salvation. Also see snowball's chance in hell, a.

pin one's hopes on

pin one's hopes on
Also, pin one's faith on. Put one's hope or trust in someone or something, as in She'd pinned her hopes on an early acceptance to the college but it didn't materialize. This term, dating from the 1500s, originated as pin one's faith on another's sleeve and may have alluded to the practice of soldiers wearing their leader's insignia on their sleeves. By the 1800s, however, it acquired its present form.

while there's life there's hope

while there's life there's hope
Also, where there's life there's hope. So long as someone or something ailing is alive, there is hope for recovery. For example, The company has survived previous recessions; while there's life there's hope. A statement made about dying individuals since ancient times, it was cited in numerous proverb collections from 1539 on. Today it is also applied to inanimate matters.

More Idioms/Phrases

whether or not which which is which which way the wind blows while while back while there's life there's hope whim-wham whipping boy whirl whirlwind whisker whisper