Tommy Tran
2021-03-29 04:03
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.
People tend to believe what they want to be true.
Said when one hopes something bad will not occur
Anticipate doing something with great eagerness, eagerness or excitement
To accept what is lower than your hope or your goals
To put your trust confidence or hope in somebody or something
The verb "pin" should be conjugated according to its tense.
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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