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"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.

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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.


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