Hoping against all odds

Hoping against hope, the kid checked if his skateboard, ran over by a truck, wasn't damaged

Sperando nell'impossibile, il bambino ha controllato se il suo skateboard, travolto da un autocarro, fosse ancora in buone condizioni

Barbra told his very married lover that she was pregnant, hoping against hope that he would be overjoyed and would leave his wife to marry her

Barbara ha annunciato al suo sposatissimo amante di essere incinta, sperando contro ogni logica speranza che lui fosse felice e lasciasse così la moglie per sposarla

It comes from Paul's letter to the Romans (4,18), which, talking about Abraham, reads: In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, "So shall your descendants be."