clutch at straws
- Estructura completa
- To clutch at straws
- Contexto
- The proverb states, “A drowning man will clutch at straws” which refers to the reeds that would grow alongside a river. If you’re drowning, you’ll grab for anything that might save you, no matter how hopeless doing so might be.
- Fuente del contexto
- More than useless
- Tipo de fuente
- Página web
- Autor
- Thom Fowler
- Título de la fuente
- Grasping at Straws
- Año
- 2021
- Web
- https://morethanuseless.com/archives/6862
- Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Estándar
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Raro