<entry id="2227813" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2857556</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>藁をも掴む</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>藁をもつかむ</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>わらをもつかむ</reb>
</r_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>ワラをもつかむ</reb>
<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5m;</pos>
<xref type="see" seq="2779480">藁にもすがる</xref>
<misc>&id;</misc>
<gloss>to grasp at straws</gloss>
<gloss>to resort to desperate measures</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2023-03-05 09:26:41" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Brian Krznarich</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>Clone of 藁にもすがる
Mirrors the original dated grammar/vocab, maybe 50% as common as the modern equivalent (にも縋る)(very common).  Could also clone 藁にも縋る思いで, which has its own entry</upd_detl>
<upd_refs>Using 思い to show that this isn't merely the suffix of the full idiom.

藁にもすがる思い	13604	43.8%
藁にも縋る思い	1582	5.1%
わらにもすがる思い	5931	19.1%
ワラにも縋る思い	90	0.3%

藁をも掴む思い	3726	12.0%
藁をもつかむ思い	3484	11.2%
わらをもつかむ思い	1763	5.7%
ワラをもつかむ思い	871	2.8%</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-08 04:06:26" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-03-09 12:23:07" stat="A">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_detl>We don't need an x-ref to a proverb.
Brian, please remember to use the desired surface form (not just the sequence number) when creating x-refs. Readings are not needed in x-refs like this.</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -20,2 +20 @@
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="2779480"&gt;藁にもすがる・わらにもすがる&lt;/xref&gt;
-&lt;xref type="see" seq="2102600"&gt;溺れる者は藁をも掴む・おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ&lt;/xref&gt;
+&lt;xref type="see" seq="2779480"&gt;藁にもすがる&lt;/xref&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-04-04 02:56:30" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>dine</upd_name>
<upd_detl>obvious typo</upd_detl>
<upd_diff>@@ -19 +19 @@
-&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v5r;&lt;/pos&gt;
+&lt;pos&gt;&amp;v5m;&lt;/pos&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-04-04 03:20:03" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>