dawn of a new day
Hopeful fresh start
Dawn of a new day describes a fresh start or the beginning of a significantly changed situation.
The phrase draws on the literal image of sunrise—darkness giving way to light—to suggest hope, renewal, or transformation: The election marked the dawn of a new day for the country.
Often used with optimistic or revolutionary overtones, though sometimes ironically when change proves disappointing.
- clean slateRecord wiped clear
- awakeningReturn to consciousness
- fresh startOpportunity to restart unburdened
- sunriseMorning light's arrival
- break of dayMorning's earliest moment
fresh · beginning · light · genesis · emergence · inauguration · sky · commencement · daybreak · golden hour · threshold · turning point · new chapter · inception · rebirth · shine · enlightenment · origin
dawn of a new daytwilight
Light after sunset
end of an era · sunset · dusk · last gasp · death knell
dawn of a new daystatus quo
Existing condition of affairs
same old story · business as usual · same old same old · stagnation · inertia
dawn of a new daygathering storm
doom and gloom · hopelessness · despair · dead end · point of no return
dawn, dawns, dawned, dawning, newest, newly, newness, renewal, daytime