else

if all else fails

if you decide that you will do something if all else fails, you decide that that is what you will do if none of your ideas or plans succeed. Well, if all else fails you'll just have to get a part-time job to earn a bit of extra money.

See also: all, fail

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if all else fails

if nothing succeeds. If all else fails, we can always spend the weekend at home. You should try to discuss this with your employer, but if all else fails, you need to speak to a lawyer.

See also: all, fail

or else

or. We need to be there by eight or else we'll find it hard to park the car.

something else

unusual. You think you're something else, but you're really just like all the rest of us.

See also: something