dash someone's hopes
dash (one's) hopes
To undercut one's dreams or optimistic views. I became a lawyer after my parents dashed my hopes of being an artist.
See also: dash, hope
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
dash someone's hopes
Destroy someone's plans, disappoint or disillusion. For example, That fall dashed her hopes of a gold medal. This term uses dash in the sense of "destroy," a usage surviving only in this idiom. [Second half of 1500s]
See also: dash, hope
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- dash hopes
- dash (one's) hopes
- dash/shatter somebody's hopes
- shatter
- shatter (one's) hopes
- dash off
- dash off (somewhere)
- dash (something) against (something)
- dash against
- dash to pieces