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溺おぼれる者ものは藁わらをもつかむ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Proverb
1. a drowning man will clutch at a straw
Alt. forms
溺おぼれる者ものは藁わらをもつかむ
溺おぼれる者ものは藁わらをも掴つかむ
おぼれる者ものはわらをもつかむ
おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ
おぼれる者ものは藁わらをもつかむ
溺おぼれる者ものはワラをも掴つかむ
溺おぼれる者ものはワラをもつかむ
Kanji used
溺
to drown
者
someone
藁
straw
Conjugations...Used in: 15
Composed of
to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
person
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures