light at the end of the tunnel en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(countable, idiomatic, uncountable) A better situation after long hardship.
But by fall 2005, there was light at the end of the tunnel. The team could see the new business processes and financial data governance mechanisms actually being used by Nationwide employees.
2008 January 15, CIO, volume 21, number 7:If there is no light at the end of the tunnel, chronic pain can render a person dysfunctional. In desperation, people often turn to potent pain-killing medication for relief.
1999, Abraham J Twerski, It's Not As Tough As You Think: How to Smooth Out Life's Bumps:
- (countable, uncountable) A vision of a bright light, surrounded by darkness, seen by a dying person
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| lights at the end of the tunnel | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (16)
pt a luz no fim do túnel (a better situation after long hardship) · el φως στο τούνελ (a better situation after long hardship) · fi valopilkku (a better situation after long hardship) · fr voir le bout du tunnel (a better situation after long hardship) · it luce in fondo al tunnel (a better situation after long hardship) · ru свет в конце́ тонне́ля (a better situation after long hardship) · cmn 柳暗花明 (a better situation after long hardship) · sv ljuset i tunneln (a better situation after long hardship) · fr bout du tunnel (a better situation after long hardship) · fr la lumière au bout du tunnel (a better situation after long hardship) · nb lys i enden av tunnelen (a better situation after long hardship) · cs světlo na konci tunelu (a better situation after long hardship) · es luz al final del túnel (a better situation after long hardship) · de Licht am Ende des Tunnels (a better situation after long hardship) · pl światełko w tunelu (a better situation after long hardship) · hu fény az alagút végén (a better situation after long hardship)