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Discover LudwigThe phrase "after all else fails" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a last resort or final option after other attempts have not succeeded.
Example: "We will try every possible solution, but after all else fails, we may need to consider a complete overhaul of the system."
Alternatives: "when nothing else works" or "as a last resort".
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Sometimes, but only after all else fails, it is necessary to cut out the source of the sore, which is often a specific individual that is causing too much of this negative cycle.
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* And lastly, it would appear that Miss Charming is a woman after our own hearts: If all else fails, just turn the bottle up and drink it, nothing will matter anymore anyway!
"If all else fails, if after all the work we've done there's nothing else we can do besides take military action, then of course you take military action," he said.
Saying the president should have supported dissidents more and put in place more "crippling sanctions," Romney concluded, "If all else fails, if after all of the work we've done, there's nothing else we can do except military action, then of course you take military action".
Thousands had hoped that, after all else failed, an arduous procedure known as a bone marrow transplant might save them.
The runners-up are Ousgg's snookery "After all else failed, Pot Black left out the intro of Snooker Loopy" and Catarella's baseballing "I play in diamonds second, first squeezing spades"; the winner is Chippanali's on-the-money "Gamble on concession securing Brexit's final border solution".
Her parents only learned the herb might help treat Dravet's the rare, intractable form of epilepsy tormenting their child by watching a video on Youtube, and even then only decided to try it after all else failed.
Starks, the go-to man when all else fails, left the game after hitting just 1 of 5 shots.
Bates wrote in his programme notes that Leicester would "pack their goal, play kick and rush, hope to snatch a breakaway goal and if all else fails, rely on penalties after extra-time.
If all else fails, consider the following after centering yourself in whatever way brings you to steady, full breathing.
And if all else fails?
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