苦く肉にくの策さく

expression, noun

last resort; desperate measure

A plan or action taken out of desperation when no good options remain. Often implies a painful or self-sacrificing choice. Used in serious or dramatic contexts.

• 値ね下さげは苦く肉にくの策さくだったが、売うり上あげは伸のびなかった。

  The price cut was a desperate measure, but sales didn't increase.

• 彼かれが辞じ任にんを申もうし出でたのは、会かい社しゃを守まもるための苦く肉にくの策さくだった。

  His offer to resign was a last resort to protect the company.