垂死挣扎

垂死挣扎 [chuí sǐ zhēng zhá]

1. ■ give dying kicks; be in the throes of one's deathbed struggle; conduct desperate struggles; deathbed struggle; desperate fling; flounder desperately before dying; last thrusts; put up [wage] a desperate [last-gasp; last-ditch] struggle; put up a last-ditch fight; make a last desperate stand; sprawl one's last; struggle desperately; wage a deathbed struggle， be in one's death throes; wage a last-ditch struggle (to avert defeat):

即使是奄奄一息， 敌人也还是要作垂死挣扎的。 Even though at their last gasp, the enemies will still put up their deathbed struggle.