GREAT WHITE HOPE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field

Example:

this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy

Synonyms:

great white hope; white hope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("great white hope" is a kind of...):

hope (someone (or something) on which expectations are centered)