CLUTCH AT STRAWS


Meaning of CLUTCH AT STRAWS in English

{v. phr.} To depend on something that is useless or unable to help in a time of trouble or danger; try something with little hope of succeeding. * /To depend on your memory without studying for a test is to grasp at straws./ * /The robber clutched at straws to make excuses. He said he wasn't in the country when the robbery happened./

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