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藁をも掴む藁をもつかむ
わらをもつかむワラをもつかむ [sk]
1. [exp,v5m] [id]
▶ to grasp at straws
▶ to resort to desperate measures
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2779480 藁にもすがる 1. to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

Conjugations


History:
5. A 2023-04-04 03:20:03  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
4. A* 2023-04-04 02:56:30  dine
  Comments:
obvious typo
  Diff:
@@ -19 +19 @@
-<pos>&v5r;</pos>
+<pos>&v5m;</pos>
3. A 2023-03-09 12:23:07  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
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.
  Diff:
@@ -20,2 +20 @@
-<xref type="see" seq="2779480">藁にもすがる・わらにもすがる</xref>
-<xref type="see" seq="2102600">溺れる者は藁をも掴む・おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ</xref>
+<xref type="see" seq="2779480">藁にもすがる</xref>
2. A 2023-03-08 04:06:26  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2023-03-05 09:26:41  Brian Krznarich <...address hidden...>
  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%
  Comments:
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

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