窮きゅう余よの策さく

expression, noun

desperate measure; last resort

A plan or action taken when one is cornered and has no other choice. Often used in formal or written contexts.

• 彼かれが会かい社しゃを辞やめたのは窮きゅう余よの策さくだった。

  His quitting the company was a desperate measure.

• 値ね下さげは窮きゅう余よの策さくに過すぎない。

  The price cut is nothing more than a last resort.