刀かたな折おれ矢や尽つきる

expression, ichidan verb

exhaust all options; have no means left

Idiomatic expression literally meaning 'swords break and arrows run out', used when all resources or methods are depleted and one is at a dead end.

• 資し金きんも尽つき、人じん脈みゃくも頼たよれず、まさに刀かたな折おれ矢や尽つきる状じょう態たいだ。

  With funds exhausted and no connections to rely on, we are truly at the point where all options are gone.