Phrase guide

hope springs eternal

proverb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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proverb

Meaning 1

The feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: while there's life, there's hope

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Ellipsis of hope springs eternal in the human breast, a quotation from An Essay on Man (1734) by Alexander Pope.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: naděje umírá poslední — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Danish: håbet er lysegrønt — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Dutch: hoop doet leven — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Finnish: niin kauan kuin on elämää, on toivoa — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Finnish: toivossa on hyvä elää — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • French: tant qu'il y a de la vie, il y a de l'espoir — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • German: die Hoffnung stirbt zuletzt — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • German: noch ist Polen nicht verloren — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • German: Glaube, Liebe, Hoffnung — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Hungarian: a remény hal meg utoljára — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Indonesian: ada hari, ada nasi — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Italian: la speranza è l'ultima a morire — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Polish: jeszcze Polska nie zginęła — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Polish: nadzieja umiera ostatnia — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Portuguese: a esperança é a última que morre — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Portuguese: a esperança é a última a morrer — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Romanian: speranța moare ultima — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Spanish: la esperanza es la última que muere — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Swedish: än är inte Polen förlorat — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Swedish: hoppet är det sista som överger en människa — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Tagalog: habang may buhay, may pag-asa — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself
  • Vietnamese: còn nước còn tát — the feeling of hopefulness endlessly renews itself