hope against hope

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Tocontinueto hope, even when what is hoped for seemsunlikelyorimpossible.1913,Edgar Rice Burroughs,The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published1963, page206:Would he be in time to rescue? Hehoped against hope. At least he could be revenged, and in his wrath it seemed to him that he was equal to the task of wiping out the entire population of that terrible city.

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