Pin (all) your hopes on somebody/somethingpin your faith on somebody/something In english explanation

The meaning, explanation, definition and origin of the idiom/phrase "pin (all) your hopes on somebody/somethingpin your faith on somebody/something", English Idiom Dictionary ( also found in Vietnamese )

author Tommy Tran calendar 2021-03-29 04:03

Meaning of Pin (all) your hopes on somebody/somethingpin your faith on somebody/something

Pin (all) your hopes on somebody/somethingpin your faith on somebody/something verb phrase

To have expectations that something or someone will help you achieve success

Don't pin your faith on Sarah. She is untrustworthy.

I'm pinning all my hopes on this new job.

I had pinned my hopes on this chance, but I was wrong.

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the wish is father to the thought

People tend to believe what they want to be true.

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lick (one's) chops

Anticipate doing something with great eagerness, eagerness or excitement

lower (one's) sights

To accept what is lower than your hope or your goals

repose trust/confidence/hope in sb/sth

To put  your trust confidence or hope in somebody or something

Grammar and Usage of Pin (all) your hopes on somebody/somethingpin your faith on somebody/something

Verb Forms

  • pins (all) your hopes on somebody/something
  • pinning (all) your hopes on someone/something
  • pinned (all) your hopes on somebody/something

The verb "pin" should be conjugated according to its tense.

Origin of Pin (all) your hopes on somebody/somethingpin your faith on somebody/something

This phrase originally was the phrase "pin one's faith on another's sleeve" dated back from the 1500s. It may have referred to the practice of soldiers wearing their leader's insignia on their sleeves at that time.

It changed to its present form by the 1800s.

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