darkest hour is just before the dawn

the darkest hour is just before the dawn

proverb The worst part of an experience or period usually happens just before things get better. When I was lost in depression, friends tried to remind me that the darkest hour is just before the dawn
See also: before, dark, dawn, hour, just
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

darkest hour is just before the dawn

 and It's always darkest just before the dawn.
Prov. When things are extremely bad, it may signal that they are about to get much better. Jill: I feel like giving up. I don't have a job, my boyfriend left me, and they're raising the rent for my apartment. Jane: It's always darkest just before the dawn.
See also: before, dark, dawn, hour, just
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • for want of a nail
  • For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ...
  • teach a man to fish
  • village
  • it takes a village
  • a man is judged by his deeds, not by his words
  • actions speak louder than words
  • bad workers always blame their tools
  • the best-laid plans
  • the best-laid plans go astray
References in periodicals archive
She reminds us that while leaves emerge where they should not be, the darkest hour is just before the dawn. At the end of the suffering comes relief.
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