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to grasp at straws
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to be willing to do whatever necessary to improve one's current situation, regardless of one's chance of success
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Idiom
Informal
Exemples
I would have even grasped at the straw of anti-depressants.
Despite the company's financial troubles, the CEO was grasping at straws, hoping for a miraculous turnaround.
