glimmer of hope

English

Noun

glimmer of hope (plural glimmers of hope)

A good omen; a small but undependable chance of something positive to come.
- 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 22, in A Promised Land, Crown:
  After more than a year of unrelenting bad economic numbers, we finally received a glimmer of hope.

Synonyms

ray of hope

Translations

Translations

Czech: plamínek naděje m
Finnish: toivonpilkahdus
French: lueur d’espoir f
Italian: barlume di speranza m
Polish: promyk nadziei m, płomyk nadziei m, iskierka nadziei f
Swedish: strimma av hopp
Turkish: umut ışığı (tr)

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