hope against hop

nonEnglish · #1 (**permalink**) 29-Aug-2005, 05:59

"She was hoping against hope that she was the one being spoken of."

To hope against hope is to hope with little reason or justification. My question is: when she hopes against hope, does she know there isn't much hope?

I am hoping against hope that you understand what I'm talking about.

Curious Cat · #2 (**permalink**) 29-Aug-2005, 08:15

I think she knows there's no hope but can't put up with it and craves for a wonder, poor girl

Look at this link: http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_b...sages/335.html , it may be of some help.

Good luck

nonEnglish · #3 (**permalink**) 29-Aug-2005, 12:43

Thank you so much for directing me to this very useful site!

nonEnglish · #4 (**permalink**) 29-Aug-2005, 13:03

You probably already knew this, but you can not go back to eidt the title of your post- I tried to change my title to "hope against hopE" and couldn't.


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