if worse comes to worse

(idiom) if the situation becomes bad, or terrible

Example Sentences:

A: Where are you applying for school?
B: I’m applying to many Universities around the world. If worse comes to worse, and I cannot get into any of them, I am going to stay home and work for a year.
A: Sounds like a good idea!

While trying to sell our house, we decided that if worse comes to worse, we would take less money in order to make a quick sale.

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Similar idioms:

1. out of the frying pan and into the fire
2. one’s bark is worse than one’s bite
3. toy with the idea
4. half-baked idea