last resort

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

last resort (plural last resorts)

1. (idiomatic) The only remaining, often least-desirable, option when all others have been excluded.

   I wouldn't recommend doing surgery on yourself, unless it is a last resort.

Translations

only remaining option

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 最後的一招／最后的一招, 最后的一招 (zuìhòu de yī zhāo)

• Finnish: viimeinen vaihtoehto, viimeinen keino
• French: dernier recours m
• German: letztes Mittel n, letzter Ausweg m
• Greek: έσχατη λύση f (éschati lýsi)
• Icelandic: neyðarúrræði n, óyndisúrræði n
• Indonesian: cara pamungkas
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• Italian: ultima risorsa f, ultima spiaggia f
• Korean: 최후의 수단 (choehuui sudan)
• Latin: extrēma n pl
• Macedonian: задно прибежиште (zadno pribežište)
• Persian: آخرین حربه
• Portuguese: último/derradeiro recurso m, última instância f
• Russian: после́дняя наде́жда f (poslédnjaja nadéžda)
• Spanish: ultima esperanza, unica forma, último recurso m, última instancia f

Derived terms

• lender of last resort
• drug of last resort

Synonyms

• last refuge

See also

• last-ditch
• desperate times call for desperate measures
• last gasp
• in extremis