词组 | dash someone's hopes |
释义 | dash (one's) hopesTo undercut one's dreams or optimistic views. I became a lawyer after my parents dashed my hopes of being an artist. dash someone's hopesDestroy 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] |
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