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Old November 03, 2009, 04:29 PM
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to look for light at the end of the tunnel literally, it means to look for a solution, before a desperate occasion. IS there the same saying in English?
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Light at the end of the tunnel is the term we use in English too.
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It's only a solution if that's not the light of the train coming in front of you.
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It's only a solution if that's not the light of the train coming in front of you.
a train coming towards you
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Thanks, Perikles. I must have been already asleep last night when I wrote that.
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