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Kotomora

藁わらをもすがる

Meanings

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expression, godan verb (-ru)

grasp at straws; resort to desperate measures

Idiomatic expression meaning to cling to even the slightest hope or unreliable means when in a desperate situation. Non-standard variant of 藁にもすがる, but essentially the same meaning.

See also: 藁にもすがる