- 1 The clouds were a glimmer of hope that rain might come
- 2 He has bright hopes
- 3 I have a very dim hope that he'll recover
- 4 I've been offered a ray/beam of hopeMost of these analyses are parallel with BELIEF metaphors (i.e.BELIEFS ARE CHILDREN, BELIEFS ARE POSSESSIONS)
Gretchen Hauck (185, '89)