B2idiomdecisionsIELTS-friendly
as a last resort
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only after everything else has failed
'Resort' here means a choice, not a holiday resort. 'The last resort' is also used: 'Surgery is the last resort.'
In context
As a last resort, we called a locksmith to open the door.
Doctors should only use antibiotics as a last resort.
More idioms about decisions
- a Catch-22a situation you can't escape because each solution depends on the other
- a change of hearta change in your opinion or plan, usually towards a kinder or different view
- a double-edged swordsomething that has both good and bad effects
- a fait accomplisomething already decided or done that others must now accept
- a foregone conclusiona result that is certain before it happens