pious hope

[mrmvp]

Hello.

When browsing the dictionary, I came across the phrase "pious hope". The dictionary says "something that is unlikely to happen" What is the story or connotations behind it ? Does it mean the pious" is hoped and longed to get to heaven or paradise? Doesn't it? I wrote couple of sentences using the phrase, in all of which I mean something that is unlikely to happen.

1-Fighting the cancer at an elderly age with health complications is pious hope to survive.

2- Saif needs to exert effort to pass the subject, but achieving A grade is a pious hope.

3- Many youngsters have pious hope to become as influential as Messi and Ronaldo.

4- Out of despair, the theif decided to steal a theif in a pious hope that he might have any stolen property.

 

[emsr2d2]

Hello.

When browsing the dictionary, I came across the phrase "pious hope". The dictionary says "something that is unlikely to happen". What is the story or connotations behind it? Does it mean the "pious" is hoped and longed to get to heaven or paradise? Does it mean something else? n't it? I wrote a couple of sentences (no, you wrote four sentences) using the phrase, in all of which I mean something that is unlikely to happen.

1-Fighting the cancer at an elderly in old age, with other health complications, is a pious hope to survive for survival.

2- Saif needs to exert effort work very hard to pass the subject, but achieving an A grade is a pious hope.

3- Many youngsters have a pious hope to become of becoming as influential as Messi and Ronaldo.

4- Out of despair, the theif thief decided to steal from another theif thief in a the pious hope that he might have any some stolen property.

I've done my best above but it's worth noting that this phrase really isn't common in BrE.

 

[mrmvp]

I've done my best above but it's worth noting that this phrase really isn't common in BrE.

Thank you so much. I really appreciate your feedback and your valuable insights. I have never heard of it although the word is categorized as British phrase.