夜よ明あけ前まえが一いち番ばん暗くらい

expression, i-adjective

it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn

Proverb encouraging perseverance; things often seem worst right before they improve.

• 失しっ敗ぱい続つづきで落おち込こんでいるけど、夜よ明あけ前まえが一いち番ばん暗くらいって言いうから、もう少すこし頑がん張ばろう。

  I'm feeling down after a string of failures, but they say it's always darkest before the dawn, so I'll keep trying a little longer.

• 受じゅ験けん勉べん強きょうがつらい時じ期きだけど、夜よ明あけ前まえが一いち番ばん暗くらいと思おもって乗のり切きろう。

  Studying for exams is tough right now, but I'll get through it thinking that the darkest hour is just before the dawn.