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While there's life, there's hope

  1. Never give up. ( Compare It's never over till it's over .)


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Idioms and Phrases

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.
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Example Sentences

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"While there's life, there's hope," he once said.

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ā€œWhile there’s life, there’s hope,ā€ she says to her ally Mr. Brundish, played in the film by Bill Nighy.

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"While there's life, there's hope, even though after a while you are hoping for a miracle," Philippe Bianchi said.

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ā€œIt’s an old saying that while there’s life there’s hope,ā€ said Harry, trying hard to make his tones steady; ā€œso we’ll just hope on, at the same time doing everything that can be done to—to prolong her precious life; for she’s just the loveliest and dearest little sister that ever anybody had.ā€

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ā€œBecause we loved you, sweet child,ā€ replied Gladys fondly, ā€œand because we all believed the motto, ā€˜While there’s life, there’s hope.’

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Ā© Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American HeritageĀ® Idioms Dictionary copyright Ā© 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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