"light at the end of the tunnel" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-light at the end of the tunnel.ogg Forms: lights at the end of the tunnel [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|lights at the end of the tunnel}} light at the end of the tunnel (countable and uncountable, plural lights at the end of the tunnel)
  1. (idiomatic) A better situation after long hardship. Tags: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Translations (a better situation after long hardship): 柳暗花明 (liǔ'ànhuāmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), světlo na konci tunelu (Czech), valopilkku (Finnish), bout du tunnel [masculine] (French), voir le bout du tunnel (French), Licht am Ende des Tunnels [neuter] (German), φως στο τούνελ (fos sto toúnel) [neuter] (Greek), fény az alagút végén (Hungarian), luce in fondo al tunnel [feminine] (Italian), lys i enden av tunnelen (Norwegian Bokmål), światełko w tunelu [neuter] (Polish), a luz no fim do túnel (Portuguese), свет в конце́ тонне́ля (svet v koncé tonnélja) (Russian), luz al final del túnel [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-light_at_the_end_of_the_tunnel-en-noun-cqjajzIY Disambiguation of 'a better situation after long hardship': 99 1
  2. A vision of a bright light, surrounded by darkness, seen by a dying person Tags: countable, uncountable
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Inflected forms

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