كيف تنطق "grasp at straws"

expression

GRASP-at-STRAWZ

grah-SPAT-strawz

التعريف

To try any possible solution, even if it is unlikely to work, usually because you are desperate.

الإنجليزية الأمريكية

ˈɡɹæsp/ /ˈæt/ /ˈstɹɔz

الإنجليزية البريطانية

ɡɹˈɑːsp/ /ˈæt/ /stɹˈɔːz

أمريكي

GRASP-at-STRAWZ

بريطاني

grah-SPAT-strawz

After failing all the tests, he started to grasp at straws by copying his neighbor's answers.

The company was losing money and began to grasp at straws to stay open.

She called every doctor she could find, grasping at straws for a cure.

When my laptop wouldn't turn on, I tried everything—even shaking it—just grasping at straws.