死马当作活马医的英文

try as a last resort [make a last attempt] to save a hopeless situation; apply desperate remedies or resort to desperate means where the accepted practice has proven to be ineffective or where better means are lacking; doctor a de+更多解释...ad horse as if it were still alive -- make every possible effort; not give up for lost; treat medically a dead horse as if it were still alive

• 死:    die
• 活:    live
• 马医:    horse doctor; vete ...