溺れる者は藁をも掴む

おぼれるものはわらをもつかむ

a drowning man will clutch at a straw

空を掴む

くうをつかむ そらをつかむ

to grasp at the air

コツを掴む

こつをつかむ コツをつかむ

to get the hang of, to learn the secret to

掴む

つかむ

to seize, to catch, to grasp, to grip, to grab, to hold, to catch hold of, to lay one's hands on, to clutch

襟首を掴む

えりくびをつかむ

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

尻尾を掴む

しっぽをつかむ

to have something on someone, to catch someone out, to trip someone up, to have evidence, to get a lead

証拠を掴む

しょうこをつかむ

to obtain evidence

胸ぐらを掴む

むなぐらをつかむ

to grab someone by the collar, to grab someone by the lapels

藁をもすがる

わらをもすがる

to grasp at straws, to resort to desperate measures

引っ掴む

ひっつかむ

to snatch (at), to grab

気をもむ

きをもむ

to worry; to fret; to get anxious

藁

わら

straw

掴み

つかみ

grip

藁にも縋る

わらにもすがる

to grasp at straws, to resort to desperate measures

藁紙

わらがみ

straw paper, rice paper

藁苞

わらすぼ ワラスボ わらづと

straw wrapper

巻藁

まきわら

straw post for training sword strikes, karate punches and arrow hits

藁灰

わらばい

straw ashes

寝藁

ねわら

(stable) litter