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| осознавая безысходность ситуации (Jerry, grasping at straws, searched the backup tapes from last week, looking for the missing files. Val_Ships) | |||
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| хвататься за соломинку (He's hoping that this new treatment will help him but I think he's grasping at straws Баян); сделать что-либо наугад (I never met his mother, so I'm grasping at straws for an appropriate gift for her. Interex); пытаться сделать что-либо с маленьким шансом на успех (Taras) | |||
| grasping at straws: 5 phrases in 3 subjects |
| General | 1 |
| Idiomatic | 3 |
| Makarov | 1 |