be in such a desperate situation as to resort to even the most unlikely means of salvation
撈救命稻草，作最后的絕望掙扎
be the unluckiest of a group of people, especially in being chosen to perform an unpleasant task
抽到下下簽（尤指被選中去執(zhí)行倒霉任務(wù)）
a further difficulty or annoyance, typically minor in itself but coming on top of a whole series of difficulties, that makes a situation unbearable
最終使人無法忍受的一擊；終于導(dǎo)致失敗的因素
his affair was the last straw.
他的風(fēng)流事是最終導(dǎo)致失敗的因素。
a slight hint of future developments
（預(yù)示將來發(fā)展的）跡象，預(yù)兆，苗頭
A slight hint of something to come.
某事要來的微弱暗示