last chance saloon
(chiefly, Western US, historical) A saloon located at the end of a road or the outskirts of a town.
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(chiefly, Western US, historical) A saloon located at the end of a road or the outskirts of a town.
Unless we find a million pounds by Monday, the company will go bust. We really are in the last chance saloon.
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(chiefly, Britain, figuratively) A place that one is said to inhabit when facing an imminent disaster with diminishing or limited remaining opportunities to avoid it; a last chance to take action.
Unless we find a million pounds by Monday, the company will go bust. We really are in the last chance saloon.
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