if worst comes to worst

[if worst comes to worst] If the worst thing happens that be imagined; if the worst possible thing happens; if troubles grow worse.

* /If worst comes to worst and Mr. Jones loses the house, he will send his family to his mother's farm./

* /If worst comes to worst, we shall close the school for a few days./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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