don't bring my hopes up vs don't get my hopes up

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Don't get my hopes up' is the more common and idiomatic expression, meaning not to raise someone's expectations. On the other hand, 'don't bring my hopes up' is less common and may sound a bit awkward to native English speakers.

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don't bring my hopes up

This phrase is grammatically correct but less commonly used in English. It may sound a bit awkward to native speakers.

This phrase means not to raise someone's expectations. While correct, it is less common than the alternative 'don't get my hopes up.'

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don't bring my hopes up
You don't bring any real hope to a situation.
Medicine brings hope to the hopeless.
A revolution that brings hope but which also involves risks.
Don't bring my job up.
You don't bring my daughter into this.
Don't bring my father into this.
Don't bring my job up.
My parents believed a new asylum would bring hope to Gotham.
And chief bankols trying to bring hope back to the village.
Anything found in the desert of a frustrated life can bring hope.
There is a way to bring hope to the lower decks.
He brings hope to all who are vulnerable to the changing fortunes of a precarious world.
I am coming to bring hope to men and nations.
Peace brings hope and war destroys it.
Mr President, the symbol of the Red Cross/Red Crescent movement brings hope to battlefields worldwide.
A new year always brings hope.
That sound brings hope wherever it goes.
All this brings hope to those who are desperately waiting for a transplant.
Be not afraid, for he brings hope.
Bring hope and comfort where there is despair and suffering.

Alternatives:

don't get my hopes up

don't get my hopes up

This phrase is the more common and idiomatic expression in English, meaning not to raise someone's expectations.

This phrase is used to caution someone not to make them hopeful or optimistic about something that may not happen. It is the preferred and more widely understood version of the expression.

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don't get my hopes up
She said, you know, don't get my hopes up.
Well, I don't get my hopes too high either.
Don't get my hopes up.
It's a very long and complicated one, and I certainly don't want to get my hopes up.
I don't want to get my hopes up too high, but this sounds good to me.
It's a very long and complicated one, and I certainly don't want to get my hopes up.
I just... I don't want to get my hopes up on something new and then be disappointed.
And I don't want to get my hopes up in case there's a chance that I don't get out, so...
{\*pub*}Please, don't try and get my hopes up again.
Please, please don't try and get my hopes up again, okay?
And you have broken my hopes.
My hope was to protect everyone involved.
But its garden surpassed all my hopes.
I hope this finds you in better health than my hopes for victory.
It would be my hope that the European Union could play a leading role in giving those people hope of a better future.
I hope for all those things, but probably a lot of water still has to flow under the bridge before my hopes will be realised.
Many things are happening that make the world situation difficult. My hope lies in the supernatural since human hope is insufficient.
My hope of regaining it was evaporating.
All of my hopes are in you.
I wouldn't get my hopes too high.

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don't bring my hopes up

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