worst comes to worst

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. If a possible worst-case scenario actually occurs. idiomatic
    — “Worst comes to worst, we'll make it to Cleveland and we can set down there and wait things out.” Gordon Rand nearly sneered, “Worst comes to worst? We'll crash and die, isn't that closer to the worst end of the possibility spectrum?

词形变化

form only superlative the worst comes to the worst alternative worse comes to worst alternative bad comes to worst alternative bad comes to worse alternative worse comes to worse alternative

词源

Originally in the form "if the worst come to the worst" with the subjunctive "if it come to" in the sense of "if the worst possible outcome should become the worst possible reality". Often used even today with the same two definite articles, and this is the only form recorded for British English in some dictionaries.
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