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The only remaining, often least desirable, option when all others have been excluded.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
Examples
- I wouldn't recommend doing surgery on yourself, unless it is a last resort.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: last refuge
Antonyms: none provided
an expedient adopted only in desperation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- `pis aller' is French for `worst going'
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pis aller
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expedient
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
最後的一招 /最后的一招
(zuìhòu de yī zhāo)
— only remaining option
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Chinese Mandarin:
最後的手段 /最后的手段
(zuìhòu de shǒuduàn)
— only remaining option
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Czech:
poslední možnost
— only remaining option
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Finnish:
viimeinen vaihtoehto
— only remaining option
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Finnish:
viimeinen keino
— only remaining option
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French:
dernier recours
— only remaining option
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German:
letztes Mittel
— only remaining option
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German:
letzter Ausweg
— only remaining option
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Greek:
έσχατη λύση
(éschati lýsi)
— only remaining option
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Hungarian:
végső/legvégső eszköz/megoldás/mentsvár
— only remaining option
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Hungarian:
ha minden kötél szakad
— only remaining option
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Hungarian:
végső esetben
— only remaining option
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Icelandic:
neyðarúrræði
— only remaining option
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Icelandic:
óyndisúrræði
— only remaining option
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Indonesian:
cara pamungkas
— only remaining option
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Italian:
ultima risorsa
— only remaining option
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Italian:
ultima spiaggia
— only remaining option
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Japanese:
最終手段
(saishū shudan)
— only remaining option
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Japanese:
最後の手段
(saigo no shudan)
— only remaining option
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Korean:
최후의 수단
(choehuui sudan)
— only remaining option
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Latin:
extrēma
— only remaining option
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Macedonian:
задно прибежиште
(zadno pribežište)
— only remaining option
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Persian:
آخرین حربه
— only remaining option
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Polish:
ostatnia deska ratunku
— only remaining option
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Portuguese:
último recurso
— only remaining option
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Portuguese:
derradeiro recurso
— only remaining option
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Portuguese:
última instância
— only remaining option
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Portuguese:
último caso
— only remaining option
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Russian:
после́дняя наде́жда
(poslédnjaja nadéžda)
— only remaining option
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Spanish:
postrera esperanza
— only remaining option
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Spanish:
única forma / manera
— only remaining option
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Spanish:
último recurso
— only remaining option
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Spanish:
postrimera instancia
— only remaining option
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Spanish:
tabla de salvación
— only remaining option
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Swedish:
sista utväg
— only remaining option