| 词汇 | dashed my hopes |
| 释义 | (redirected from dashed my hopes)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 hopesFig. to ruin someone's hopes; to put an end to someone's dreams or aspirations. Mary dashed my hopes when she said she wouldn't marry me. 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] dash/shatter somebody’s ˈhopesdestroy somebody’s hopes of doing or getting something: Any hopes that the museum would be built this year were dashed yesterday when the council announced its plans to spend less money on the arts.His poor performance in the exam shattered his hopes of becoming a lawyer. |
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