glimmer of hope

English

Noun

glimmer of hope (plural glimmers of hope)

1. 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)