05:18 May 10, 2013 |
Hebrew to English translations [PRO] Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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4 +1 | in dire straits |
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5 | when all else fails |
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4 | All hope was lost |
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3 +1 | we exhausted all the possibilities |
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in dire straits Explanation: Any number of variations on this theme. |
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All hope was lost Explanation: מתוך מילון אלקלעי -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2013-05-10 08:28:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- It's gone goose with him in German: Er ist hoffnungloss verloren. : ובמקורות היהודיים כלו לו כל הקיצין אבד, סברו ובטיל סיכויו אבדה תקוותו לאחר יאוש !הלכה חמורך, טרפון These were other possibilities. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2013-05-10 10:23:06 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- יש להשתמש בצעד משפטי זה רק כאשר כלו כל הקיצין This legal step has to be used only when all the other proceedings failed. Now the question is clearer. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2013-05-10 10:23:33 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Without "the" it sound better. |
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we exhausted all the possibilities Explanation: Assuming you are not talking about the end of the world, in which case we would be in dire straits and all hope will be lost, this is a likely meaning. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 hrs (2013-05-10 10:28:42 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- after all the other legal means have been exhausted |
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when all else fails Explanation: Just another option for you to consider... OR when all else has failed. |
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