Idiom: light at the end of the tunnel

Definition: the end of bad times; good results coming from hard times

Examples:

It’s been really busy lately, and I am working 80 hours per week. But soon a slower time will come — I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

These production problems never end. The machines keep breaking, the power keeps going off. But soon, we will have the problems solved. Now we can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

 

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