Come on. COME ON. There are about a thousand better headlines that The Economist could have used over the one they actually settled on for this article: Iran and its nuclear plans: There's a chink of hope.
Is this even an expression? As much as I hate it, "chink in the armor" is a relatively accepted colloquial expression, though sometimes used in the most inappropriate contexts. "Glimmer of hope" is also an oft-used idiom. Is "chink of hope" just an awkward attempt to mash up the two expressions?
