light at the end of the tunnel
LYT at the END uv the TUN-ul
laɪt æt ðə ɛnd ɒv ðə ˈtʌnəlListen
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an idiom expressing hope and the anticipation of relief after a prolonged period of difficulty, darkness, or struggle, drawn from the image of a tunnel through which light is only visible once one is close enough to the other end for the opening to become perceptible; the phrase is one of the most common expressions of hope in mental health contexts and everyday speech about hardship, signalling that the difficult period is finite and that things will improve; it can also carry a dark irony — the light at the end of the tunnel is sometimes a train approaching — which acknowledges the possibility that apparent improvement can be illusory; in therapeutic contexts, supporting a client in finding or constructing their own light at the end of the tunnel is a core component of hope-oriented and future-directed approaches
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