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Old June 24, 2010, 06:20 AM
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Light at the end of the tunnel
Significa que hay esperanza. ¿Existe un modismo en español con el mismo significado?
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Old June 24, 2010, 08:08 AM
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Que yo sepa, se decía igual en Chile antes de que viniera a USA.

O tambiém se decía "Siempre hay una luz en el camino"
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Old June 24, 2010, 08:15 AM
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Que yo sepa, se decía igual en Chile antes de que viniera a USA.

O tambiém se decía "Siempre hay una luz en el camino"
Entonces en Santiago dicen : hay luz en el fin del túnel.
¿Estoy en lo cierto?
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Entonces en Santiago dicen : hay luz en el fin del túnel.
¿Estoy en lo cierto?
Sí, y en España también
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Is "hay luz en el fin del túnel" said as a general maxim reflecting a positive mental attitude, or is it said for a specific circumstance when something positive has actually happened? I ask because in English, it is always the latter.
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Entonces en Santiago dicen : hay luz en el fin del túnel.
¿Estoy en lo cierto?
Generalmente se dice "siempre hay luz al final/en el fin del túnel"

No hay que perder la esperanza.
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Significa que hay esperanza. ¿Existe un modismo en español con el mismo significado?
It remind me the live and the dead.

The light at the end of the tunnel sound more that is the dead after of the light.
But it sound more the hopefulness in the life.

Never loss the hopefulness at the end the light.
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"Luz al final del túnel" is the way I've seen it.


And there is also a topic on it: http://forums.tomisimo.org/showthread.php?p=59636
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And there is also a topic on it:
I thought it all sounded familar - only 6 months ago.
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"Hay luz al final del camino" Is what I thought when I read the post.
"Hay luz al final del túnel"
As chileno said, almost always the word "siempre" would likely be there, at the beggining (this sentence...)
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Sí para los optimistas siempre hay luz en el final del túnel, pero en realidad, a veces no hay.
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Sí para los optimistas siempre hay luz en el final del túnel, pero en realidad, a veces no hay.
Para el que le gusta manejar de noche por rutas montañosas, es evidente.
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Para el que le gusta manejar de noche por rutas montañosas, es evidente.
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I have drive in the mountain with my Jeep 4 X 4 and also I have drive in the night with the Jeep out road and really it's fun for me.
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