Pis aller " Pis aller" ... Can also mean the worst thing that can happen.

也意味着可能会有最坏的结果。

She was thus convinced that the reddleman was a mere pis aller in Mrs. Yeobright's mind; one, moreover, who had not even been informed of his promotion to that lowly standing.

她这时确信，红土贩子在约布赖特太太心里不过是万不得已的最后一招；而他本人甚至还不知道自己的地位被这么微不足道地提高了一下。