clutch/grasp at straws

Related to word: straw

Idiom

Definition

  1. To desperately try anything to improve a bad situation, even if there is little chance of success.

    在絶望中尝試任何可能的方法

    • After the stock market crashed, he started investing in high-risk options, it was like he was clutching at straws.

      在股市崩盤後,他開始投資高風險的選擇權,就像是在抓救命稻草。

    • Facing the project deadline, they tried to introduce new technology at the last minute, but it was just clutching at straws.

      面對專案截止日期,他們在最後一刻試圖引入新技術,但這只是抓救命稻草。

    • When she learned that she might be fired, she started trying all sorts of methods she had never considered before, like she was clutching at straws.

      當她得知自己可能被解僱時,她開始嘗試各種她從未考慮過的方法,就像是在抓救命稻草。