last hope
Only option left
Last hope is the final remaining chance when all other options have failed.
It suggests desperation—this is what you try when nothing else has worked: The experimental treatment was her last hope.
A person can be someone's last hope: You're my last hope—everyone else said no.
- lifelineEssential connection to safety
- hail maryDesperate long-shot attempt
- do or dieRequiring total commitment
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- faithTrust without proof
rescue · perseverance · risk-taking · resilience · optimism · glimmer · eleventh hour · phoenix · brink · determination · courage · miracle · leap of faith · beacon · redemption · turning point · prayer · final
- desperate measuresdesperate plea, desperation move, final stand, grasp at straws, hail mary
- crunch timecrunch time, do or die, do-or-die, now or never, make or break
last hopesure thing
Guaranteed outcome or agreement
certainty · foregone conclusion · safe bet · lock · sure bet
last hopefirst option
Initial available choice
first choice · starting point · backup plan · fallback · contingency
last hopelost cause
Endeavor certain to fail
hopeless case · hopelessness · despair · resignation · giving up
hope, last, lasting, hopeful, hopeless, hoping, hopes, everlasting, hoped