shatter (one's) hopes
shatter (one's) hopes
To undercut one's dreams or optimistic views. I became a lawyer after my parents shattered my hopes of being an artist.
See also: hope, shatter
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- shatter
- dash (one's) hopes
- dash hopes
- dash someone's hopes
- dash/shatter somebody's hopes
- at (one's) doorstep
- at doorstep
- at somebody's expense
- at someone's expense
- at (one's) expense