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get one's hopes upTo become enthusiastic about something that is going to happen.Rate it:

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Pull the Rug out from Under YouTo ruin someone’s dreams, hopes or plans, to suddenly withdraw supportRate it:

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a fools' paradisefalse hopes for a foolish personRate it:

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reach for the starsTo have high hopes, to be ambitious.Rate it:

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yellow brick roadA proverbial path to a Promised Land of one's hopes and dreams.Rate it:

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get one's money's worthTo derive satisfaction from an experience or occurrence; to have one's expectations or hopes fulfilled.Rate it:

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kiss of deathSomething that may seem good and favourable but that actually brings ruin to hopes, plans, etc.Rate it:

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best of luckUsed to express hopes that someone does well in a new endeavor.Rate it:

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don't count your eggs before they hatchDon't get your hopes up before things actually happenRate it:

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go out withOften in hopes that the relationship will become more longterm as in definition 1.Rate it:

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heaven forbidTo say that one hopes that something does not happen.Rate it:

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in maximam spem aliquem adducere (Att. 2. 22. 3)to inspire some one with the most brilliant hopes.Rate it:

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magna me spes tenet (with Acc. c. Inf.) (Tusc. 1. 41. 97)I have great hopes that...Rate it:

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spem alicuius confirmareto strengthen a person in his hopes.Rate it:

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surprise surpriseAn indication that the unsurprising happened, especially contrary to someone's hopes or assertions.Rate it:

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that's all she wroteIndicating an abrupt termination of a project, or of one's hopes or plans.Rate it:

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thumb a rideTo flag or signal a passing vehicle in hopes of securing passage.Rate it:

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