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Examples:trapped beyond hope of rescue—Hot money, money flowing from one currency another in the hope of quick profit—wish for higher status (idiom); to curry favor in the hope of promotion—"youth freezing", Chinese girls beginning anti-ageing treatments as young as two years old in the hope they will never look old—part (usually with little hope of meeting again)—every hope turns dust (idiom); completely disheartened—While the green hills last, there'll be wood burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.—keep going while some hope is left—lit. hope one's son becomes a dragon (idiom); fig. to long for one' s child to succeed in life—out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits—lit. a clay ox enters the sea (idiom); fig. disappear with no hope of returning—be annihilated (of hope, illusions etc)—hitching a ride the sky on the dragon and phoenix (idiom); fig. currying favor with the rich and powerful in the hope of advancement—lit. see only the other rider's dust and have no hope of catching up [idiom.]— |