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单词 clutch (or grasp or catch) at straws
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clutch (or grasp or catch) at straws

Be 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....
  • This is a case of desperate men clutching at straws.
  • When interventionists resort to that kind of argument, they are grasping at straws.
From the proverb a drowning man will clutch at a straw
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