Dictionary / Vocabulary / 藁をも掴む
わらをもつかむ · also ワラをもつかむ
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
Also written 藁をもつかむ
彼はどんな藁をもつかむだろう。
He'll clutch at any straw.
溺れる者は藁をも掴む。
Drowning men clutch at straws.