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藁わらをもつかむ
Meanings
Expression
Verb (5-dan, む)
Idiomatic
1. to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
Alt. forms
藁わらをも掴つかむ
43%
藁わらをもつかむ
43%
わらをもつかむ
10%
ワラをもつかむ
2%
Kanji used
藁
straw
Conjugations...Used in: 44
Composed of
straw
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
a drowning man will clutch at a straw
Examples (1 in total)
He'll clutch at any straw.