a false dawn a misleadingly hopeful sign.
☞ A false dawn is literally a transient light in the sky which precedes the rising of the sun by about an hour, commonly seen in Eastern countries.
2013Daily Telegraph And the economy, after several false dawns, is edging towards recovery.
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