a ray of hope

a ray of hope
луч надежды

This Victory was the first ray of hope that had penetrated into the benighted packing industry since the unions were destroyed there in the great strike of thirteen years before. (W. Foster, ‘Pages From a Worker's Life’, ch. IV) — Эта победа была первым лучом надежды для рабочих упаковочной промышленности с тех пор, как тринадцать лет назад во время большой забастовки были разгромлены профсоюзы.

Charles liked him; he had the faint, but genuine, appeal of the harmless and ordinary character. He, on his part, seemed to find in Charles his one ray of hope. (J. Wain, ‘Hurry On Down’, ch. VIII) — Чарлзу Брейсуэйн нравился: в нем была неброская, но неподдельная привлекательность человека скромного и безобидного. А Брейсуэйн, со своей стороны, видел в Чарлзе единственную свою надежду.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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