jelentés / meaning:
reményeket ébreszt valakiben,(sokszor hiú reményeket)
ha magáról van szó: nagy reményeket fűz valamihez
to make someone think that what they want is going to happen
to make someone more hopeful
példák / examples:
- Don't get your hopes up: our chances of winning are slim.
- I'm telling myself not to get my hopes up. (~nem szabad túlságosan reménykednem, bíznom benne)
- I'm sorry for getting your hopes up. (Bocs, hogy hiú reményeket ébresztettem benned.)
- I don’t want to get your hopes up, but I think we may have won the lottery!
- Shelly got her hopes up when she called the radio station to try and win tickets to see Britney Spears. She was disappointed, however, when she didn’t win.
- Mary: I think he may be going to ask me to marry him!
Rebecca: Don’t go getting your hopes up, are you sure it’s an engagement ring?
