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light at the end of the tunnel
Idioms and Phrases
The end of a difficult situation or task, the solution to a difficult problem. For example, It's taken three years to effect this merger, but we're finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel . This metaphoric expression dates from the 1800s, but became widespread only in the mid-1900s.Example Sentences
A £60m upgrade to a key road for tourism and freight in south-west Wales brings "light at the end of the tunnel" after years of congestion, but more projects are needed in Wales, a haulier has said.
She is expecting her first baby with a new partner, and says this shows that there can be light at the end of the tunnel.
But thankfully, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel: tax refunds.
"You need to just do it because there is the light at the end of the tunnel," she said.
Previously secret documents detail how ex-advisor Dominic Hampshire saw Yang Tengbo as Andrew's "only light at the end of the tunnel" after his Newsnight interview in 2019.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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