sheet anchor

Etymology
From  and.

Noun

 * 1)  A large, spare anchor used in an emergency.
 * 2)  A source of help in times of danger; last resort.
 * 3) * 1691,, An Exposition of the Ten Commandments, with Other Sermons, London: Nathanael Ranew, “The Ninth Commandment,” p.62,
 * And doubtless when other Arguments have been baffled by a Temptation, this hath been a Sheet Anchor to the Soul, and hath often held it in the greatest Storms, when the Wind and Waves have beat most furiously against it.
 * 1) * 1971,, letter to the wife of fellow-prisoner dated 1February, 1971, in Sahm Venter (ed.), The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela, New York: Liveright, 2018,
 * It is the prettiest portrait of her that I’ve seen. Its message is clear & unambiguous: Darling I’m the centre of the universe; sheet anchor of all your dreams!
 * 1)  A batsman who provides dependable defence while a series of other batsmen score rapidly.
 * 1) * 1971,, letter to the wife of fellow-prisoner dated 1February, 1971, in Sahm Venter (ed.), The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela, New York: Liveright, 2018,
 * It is the prettiest portrait of her that I’ve seen. Its message is clear & unambiguous: Darling I’m the centre of the universe; sheet anchor of all your dreams!
 * 1)  A batsman who provides dependable defence while a series of other batsmen score rapidly.
 * It is the prettiest portrait of her that I’ve seen. Its message is clear & unambiguous: Darling I’m the centre of the universe; sheet anchor of all your dreams!
 * 1)  A batsman who provides dependable defence while a series of other batsmen score rapidly.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: резервна котва
 * Finnish: hätäankkuri
 * French:, ancre maîtresse
 * German:, Rettungsanker
 * Hebrew:
 * Icelandic: aðalakkeri
 * Irish: mórancaire


 * Bulgarian: последна надежда
 * Hebrew:
 * Russian: спаси́тельный я́корь