Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.

Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
Abandon hope, all ye who enter here.
Prov. If you come in, be prepared for the worst. (Describes a hopeless situation or one somehow similar to hell. Often used jocularly. This is the English translation of the words on the gate of Hell in Dante's

Inferno

.) •

This is our cafeteria. Abandon hope, all ye who enter here!


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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