tonoucí se stébla chytá

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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, a drowning person holds on to a straw.

Proverb[edit]

tonoucí se stébla chytá

  1. desperate times call for desperate measures (a desperate person is willing to try measures that are unlikely to succeed to get out of trouble)