イタチの最さい後ごっ屁ぺ

expression, noun

last resort; final desperate measure

Idiomatic expression referring to a final, often weak or desperate, measure taken when cornered. Literally 'the weasel's last fart', evoking the weasel's defensive odor.

• 彼かれの言いい訳わけはイタチの最さい後ごっ屁ぺに過すぎない。

  His excuse is nothing more than a last resort.

• 追おい詰つめられた犯はん人にんがイタチの最さい後ごっ屁ぺで人ひと質じちを取とった。

  Cornered, the criminal took a hostage as a final desperate measure.