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1 хвататься за соломинку
разг.catch (clutch, snatch) at a straw; cling to a straw- Но послушай, послушай только, - начал я опять умолять её, хватаясь за соломинку, - всё это ещё можно поправить, ещё можно обделать другим образом, совершенно другим каким-нибудь образом (Ф. Достоевский, Униженные и оскорблённые) — 'But listen, just listen,' I began imploring her again clutching at a straw, 'all this can still be remedied, arranged differently, in quite a different sort of way.'
- В Добрармию пошёл по своей охоте. И ушёл по своей охоте. - Стыдно стало? - Нет... А ты чего мне подсказываешь? Я за соломинку не цепляюсь, - давно уже на дне. (А. Н. Толстой, Хождение по мукам) — 'I joined the Volunteer Army because I wanted to. And I left it because I wanted to.' 'Your conscience troubled you?' 'No... don't try and put words into my mouth. I'm not clinging to a straw, I've been at the bottom for ages.'
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