What is "hope against hope"

vb. (context idiomatic English) To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible.

Hope Against Hope is the 1988 debut studio album by Band of Susans, released in 1988 on Blast First. The CD version includes their debut EP Blessing and Curse, which contains "Sometimes" and "Where Have All The Flowers Gone". They were based in New York City.

Hope Against Hopemay refer to:

• an autobiographical work by Nadezhda Mandelshtam covering the period of Stalinism
• Hope Against Hope (album), a noise rock album released in 1988.