望のぞみの綱つな

expression, noun

one's last hope; one's only hope; the last hope

A set phrase meaning the final thing or person one can rely on in a desperate situation. Often used with 頼る, すがる, or similar verbs.

• 彼かれは望のぞみの綱つなとして最さい後ごの貯ちょ金きんに頼たよった。

  He relied on his last savings as his only hope.

• その医い者しゃが彼かの女じょの望のぞみの綱つなだった。

  That doctor was her last hope.