| 单词 | last-gasp |
| 释义 | Example sentences from the Web for last-gasp
last-gaspSEE SYNONYMS FOR last-gasp ON THESAURUS.COM noun(modifier) done in desperation at the last minutea last-gasp attempt to save the talks Words nearby last-gasplast-cyclic, last-ditch, last-ditch effort, Lastex, last fling, last-gasp, Last Gospel, last hurrah, last-in, first-out, lasting, Last Judgment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with last-gasplast gasp The moment before death; also, the end. For example, “Fight till the last gasp” (Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI, 1:2), or He was determined to stay at the party until the last gasp. This idiom alludes to taking one's last breath, literally (first example) or figuratively (second example). [Late 1500s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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