last chance saloon

noun

1. a place frequented by unsavoury or contemptible people
2. a situation considered to be the last opportunity for success

Example Sentences

The former Secretary of Culture, David Mellor, used to say that they were drinking in “the last chance saloon.”

From The Daily Beast

To draw blood, America turns its lonely eyes to the last-chance saloon provocations of…Bob Schieffer.

From The Daily Beast