at worst

English

Alternative forms

• at the worst

Prepositional phrase

at worst

1. If the worst possible alternative happens (especially in an otherwise positive situation).

   It looks like rain, but let's go out anyway. At worst, we'll only get wet.

Antonyms

• at best

Translations

if the worst possible alternative happens

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大不了 (zh) (dàbuliǎo)

• Finnish: pahimmillaan
• French: au pire
• German: schlimmstenfalls (de)
• Hungarian: a legrosszabb esetben
• Icelandic: þegar verst lætur
• Italian: male che vada, alla peggio
• Polish: w najgorszym przypadku (pl)
• Portuguese: na pior das hipóteses
• Russian: в ху́дшем слу́чае (v xúdšem slúčaje)
• Scottish Gaelic: aig a' char as miosa
• Spanish: en el peor caso, en el peor de los casos