be+in+hopes
111fix your hopes on/upon — see ↑fix, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑hope …
112pin all your hopes on — pin (all) your hopes on see pin on at ↑pin, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑hope …
113pin your hopes on — pin (all) your hopes on see pin on at ↑pin, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑hope …
114in hopes that … — in the hope of sth | in the hope that… idiom (NAmE also in hopes that…) because you want sth to happen • I called early in the hope of catching her before she went to work. • He asked her again in the vain hope …
115building up hopes — creating hope, creating expectations, causing anticipation …
116fix one's hopes on — desire something strongly …
117had high hopes for him — expected much from him, expected him to succeed …
118his hopes were shattered — all his expectations were gone, he had no hope left …
119misplaced hopes — expectations placed on something unreliable or unlikely …
120pinned his hopes on — placed all his expectations on …