catch at straws
Example Sentences
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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
“What’s that?” exclaimed several of the men eagerly, catching at their comrade’s words as drowning men are said to catch at straws.
From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
Drowning men catch at straws, and the spectacled visage of the auctioneer, as he clings wildly to his rostrum, is a perfect study of terrified imbecility.
From English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. by Everitt, Graham
It is well said, a drowning man will catch at straws.
From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William
It was a faint hope, but drowning men catch at straws.
From Hot corn: Life Scenes in New York Illustrated by Robinson, Solon
