Vocabulary
What does 溺れる者は藁をも掴む (おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ) mean?
溺れる者は藁をも掴む (おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ) means a desperate person clutches at anything, however hopeless (lit. a drowning person will even grab a straw).
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溺れる者は藁をも掴むおぼれるものはわらをもつかむ
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a desperate person clutches at anything, however hopeless (lit. a drowning person will even grab a straw)
Example sentences
借金に困った彼は、溺れる者は藁をも掴むで、怪しい投資話に手を出した。
Cornered by debt, he grasped at straws like a drowning man and got mixed up in a shady investment pitch.