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| grasp at a straw; catch at a straw; clutch at a straw | |||
| in a pickle, take the nickel (implying that one will take any small chance when in a desperate situation Taras) | |||
| cling to a straw (e.g.: "Ah, poor old chap, he clings to any straw!" – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle – хватается за любую соломинку ART Vancouver) | |||
| grasp at straws (He's hoping that this new treatment will help him but I think he's grasping at straws Баян); clutch at straws (sinistra) | |||
| be clutching at straws; be grasping at straws; catch at any straw; clutch at any straw; grasp at a/any straw; grasp at any straw; grasp at straws; reach for a straw | |||
| хвататься за соломинку: 22 phrases in 4 subjects |
| General | 6 |
| Idiomatic | 4 |
| Makarov | 1 |
| Proverb | 11 |