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
例
After the doctors gave him little hope, his family started grasping at straws.
to be willing to do whatever necessary to improve one's current situation, regardless of one's chance of success
