false dawn
false dawn · false dawns
зодиакальный свет
A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain…A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.
Meaning
2 sensesA thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.
(figuratively)Something engendering premature hope; a promising sign which in fact leads to nothing.
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From false + dawn, calque of Arabic صُبْح كَاذِب (ṣubḥ kāḏib).From false + dawn, calque of Arabic صُبْح كَاذِب (ṣubḥ kāḏib).
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Forms
plural: false dawns| Singular | false dawn |
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