The great white hope
By metaphor: the person in whom hopes for the fulfillment of aims are placed.
(Modern Hebrew)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הַתִּקְוָוה הַלְּבָנָה
Definition (Hebrew)
בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: הָאָדָם שֶׁתּוֹלִים בּוֹ תִּקְווֹת לְהַגְשָׁמַת הַמַּטָּרוֹת.
(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)