万ばん策さく尽つきる

expression, ichidan verb

exhaust all means; be at one's wits' end; play one's last card

Set phrase meaning every possible method or resource has been tried and nothing remains. Often used when facing a hopeless situation.

• もう万ばん策さく尽つきた。どうすればいいか分わからない。

  I've exhausted all my options. I don't know what to do.

• 交こう渉しょうは決けつ裂れつし、万ばん策さく尽つきた状じょう態たいだ。

  Negotiations have broken down, and we've reached the end of our resources.