last chance saloon
Ultimate opportunity venue
Last chance saloon is the final opportunity to do something before it's too late.
The phrase evokes a frontier watering hole at the edge of civilization—the last place to get a drink before heading into the wilderness.
Someone at the last chance saloon has exhausted all other options: The team is in the last chance saloon after three straight losses.
More common in British than American English.
- RubiconBoundary once passed, irrevocable
- final frontierLast unexplored territory
- ultimatumNon-negotiable final terms
- hail maryDesperate long-shot attempt
- endgameConcluding phase of competition
deadline · zero hour · turning point · crunch time · reckoning · make-or-break · salvation · crossroads · precipice · do-or-die · sink or swim · all or nothing · backs to the wall · point of no return · brink · eleventh hour · moment of truth · end of the line
last chance saloonopening gambit
Initial strategic maneuver
square one · point of departure · ground floor · early days · fresh start
last chance saloonclean slate
Record wiped clear
second chance · new lease on life · do-over · rebirth · turning over a new leaf
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