last-ditch

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Popularized and given its current sense through an 1847 translation by Agnes Strickland of a quote attributed to William of Orange during the French invasion of 1672 on his being advised to surrender Holland to Louis XIV: "No, I mean to die in the last ditch."

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: viimeinen epätoivoinen — as a last resort, done in desperation
• French: de la dernière chance — as a last resort, done in desperation
• French: dernier recours — as a last resort, done in desperation
• German: verzweifelt — as a last resort, done in desperation
• German: allerletzter — as a last resort, done in desperation
• Polish: ostateczny — as a last resort, done in desperation
• Spanish: desesperado — as a last resort, done in desperation
• Spanish: a la desesperada — as a last resort, done in desperation
• Spanish: último — as a last resort, done in desperation
• Ukrainian: оста́нній відчайду́шний (ostánnij vidčajdúšnyj) — as a last resort, done in desperation