English Explanatory Dictionary

hope springs eternal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. The feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself.

Word forms

hope springs eternal

Etymology

Ellipsis of hope springs eternal in the human breast, a quotation from An Essay on Man (1734) by Alexander Pope.

Synonyms

while there's life, there's hope

Related words

nil desperandum
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