hope against hope

Etymology
Likely a paraphrase of the first few words of Romans 4:18.

Verb

 * 1)  To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible.

Translations

 * Italian: sperare nell'impossibile
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: у̏залӯдно се на́дати
 * Roman: ȕzalūdno se nádati