a beam of (something)

a beam of (something)

informal A small but steadfast amount or source of something hopeful or positive. My lovely daughter has been a beam of joy in such a trying year of hardship. The charity is the sole beam of comfort to the many people displaced by war who have been reduced to such squalid conditions.
See also: beam, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • happiness
  • joy
  • home on
  • early beam
  • early beams
  • lovely weather for ducks
  • stare at
  • stare at (someone or something)
  • thank you for sharing
  • thanks for sharing