"At the last gasp" nghĩa là gì?

"At the last gasp" có gasp là thở hổn hển -> cụm từ này nghĩa là phút cuối, lúc lâm chung; nghĩa khác là tới tận thời khắc cuối cùng, cơ hội cuối cùng.

Ví dụ

Sacramento finally got a deal done at the last gasp in large part due to the enormous effort Stern and his staff put in.

Aberdein was able to overcome travelling restrictions (hạn chế) at the last gasp to be able to familiarise (làm quen)  himself with his new car, with the Team RBM driver having landed a works drive for BMW this year after finishing 2019 as the best rookie (lính mới, tân binh) with a WRT-run Audi RS 5 DTM.

2016 Olympics bronze medal winning wrestler (đô vật) Sakshi Malik’s qualification to the 2020 Games has been a story of an ever-narrowing window. After her defeat to 18-year-old Sonam Malik in the trials for the Asian Olympic qualifiers (người vào vòng sau), Sakshi was left with a nervy (bồn chồn) wait for the results of the tournament, which would decide if she would be able to compete at the last gasp world qualifiers.

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