| 单词 | be clutching at straws |
| 释义 | be clutching at straws From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe clutching at strawsbe clutching at strawsespecially British English to be trying everything possible to find a solution or hope in a difficult situation, even though it will probably be unsuccessfulI knew that trying the alternative medicine was just clutching at straws. → clutchExamples from the Corpusbe clutching at straws• Green ponds should not be a problem now, but come next summer, you may be clutching at straws. |
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