catch at straws
Example Sentences
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Notwithstanding its improbability, the idea takes, and is entertained, as drowning men catch at straws.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Reid, Mayne
One hope I clung to, as the drowning catch at straws.
From Branded by Lynde, Francis
A new character appears, but not a very amiable one; but I attach myself to him, as drowning men catch at straws.
From Japhet, in Search of a Father by Marryat, Frederick
They are only weak individualities who, in the act of drowning, catch at straws.
From The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 30, June 1893 An Illustrated Monthly by Newnes, George
Let us go at once," said the detective; "drowning men, they say, catch at straws.
From The Burglar's Fate And The Detectives by Pinkerton, Allan
