单词 | clutch (or grasp or catch) at straws |
释义 | clutch (or grasp or catch) at strawsBe in such a desperate situation as to resort to even the most unlikely means of salvation.His dreams are wrong-headed and he clutches at straws, missing the salvation that's offered him....
From the proverb a drowning man will clutch at a straw See parent entry: straw |
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