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Phrase(s): While there’s life there’s hope. [and] Where there’s life there’s hope.
Prov. Cliché As long as you are alive, you should be hopeful, because it is possible that your situation will improve. • Nancy: What will we do, now that our house and everything we own has burned up? Bill: While there’s life there’s hope. • Ellen: Ever since my divorce, it seems as if I have nothing to hope for. Jane: I know things seem bleak, but where there’s life there’s hope.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, where there's life there's hope. So long as someone or something ailing is alive, there is hope for recovery. For example, The company has survived previous recessions; while there's life there's hope. A statement made about dying individuals since ancient times, it was cited in numerous proverb collections from 1539 on. Today it is Also applied to inanimate matters.
American Heritage Idioms