hour of need
English
editNoun
edithour of need (plural hours of need)
- The time when help is most needed.
- Don’t desert me in my hour of need.
- 2025 April 21, Peter Stanford, “Pope Francis obituary”, in The Guardian[1]:
- In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.