never say die
phrase
Roget 858:
nil desperandum [Lat.]
[Horace];
never say die,
dum spiro spero [Lat.],
latet scintillula forsan [Lat.],
all is for the best,
spero meliora [Lat.];
every cloud has a silver lining;
the wish being father to the thought"
[Henry IV];
hope told a flattering tale;"
rusticus expectat dum defluat amnis [Lat.].
at spes non fracta [Lat.];
ego spem prietio non emo [Lat.]
[Terence];
un Dieu est ma fiance [Fr.];
hope! thou nurse of young desire"
[Bickerstaff];
in hoc signo spes mea [Lat.];
in hoc signo vinces [Lat.];
la speranza e il pan de miseri [It];
l'esperance est le songe d'un homme l'esperance est le songe d'un homme eveille [Fr.];
the mighty hopes that make us men"
[Tennyson];
the sickening pang of hope deferred"
[Scott].
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Roget 604a:
never say die;
give it the old college try;
vestigia nulla retrorsum [Lat.];
aut vincer aut mori [Lat.];
la garde meurt et ne se rend pas [Fr.];
tout vient a temps pour qui sait attendre [Fr.].
Moby thesaurus: be determined, be hopeful, be in earnest, be resolved, bear up, buckle down, buckle to, catch at straws, come up fighting, cross the Rubicon, die fighting, die hard, get along, get on, go for broke, go on, go on with, hang in, hang in there, hang on, hang tough, hold fast, hold on, hold out, hold up, keep at it, keep hope alive, keep hoping, keep up, knock on wood, live through it, live with it, make out, manage, mean business, not back down, not flag, not give up, not submit, not weaken, persevere, persist, remain firm, see it out, see it through, stand fast, stand up, stay it out, stay the distance, stay with it, stick, stick fast, stick it, stick it out, stick out, stick to it, stick with it, survive, sweat it out, take heart, take it, take the plunge, tough it out ... show more.
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