if all else fails

English

Alternative forms

• when all else fails

Phrase

if all else fails

1. If none of someone's attempts or plans succeed.
   • 2024 September 21, Heath Owens, “What to Wear to Sabrina Carpenter's 'Short N' Sweet' Tour”, in Cosmopolitan‎^[1]:

     Read on for Short n' Sweet Tou outfit ideas, and if all else fails, just buy this Jesus Was A Carpenter T-shirt.

Further reading

• “if/when all else fails”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “if all else fails”, in Collins English Dictionary.