false dawn

Etymology
From +,.

Noun

 * 1) A thin ambient light which precedes true dawn, typically by around an hour, in certain parts of the world.
 * 2)  Something engendering premature hope; a promising sign which in fact leads to nothing.
 * 1)  Something engendering premature hope; a promising sign which in fact leads to nothing.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French: lumière zodiacale


 * Finnish: turhaa toivoa herättävä asia
 * Polish: fałszywa nadzieja