It is like drinking in the last chance saloon at the end of the world.

Maybe this is the last chance saloon for Michael.

Some of Europe's leaders are playing poker with the Union's future in the last chance saloon.

To use one of the few political clichés that has not been used this week, the current Commission is drinking in the last chance saloon.

Vince really is in the last chance saloon as far as people who voted for him are concerned.

The phrase "last chance saloon" also has common British metaphorical use, based upon this historical context.

The competition is potentialy in the last chance saloon.

Chairmen - who set the tone for hiring the board - are drinking in the last chance saloon.

Back in the Last Chance Saloon, the drinking went on.

Our politicians and treasury officials look like a hopeless bunch who inhabit their own last chance saloon.