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clutching at straws

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clutching at straws

Last Update: 2012-07-09
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i believe you are clutching at straws.

Spanish

pienso que es una forma demasiado fácil de tranquilizarse.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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you really are desperately clutching at straws.

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verdaderamente te estás agarrando desesperadamente a un clavo ardiendo.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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let us not grab at straws.

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no agarremos un clavo ardiendo.

Last Update: 2016-02-24
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the person who makes such as objection is really clutching at straws.

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la persona que hace tal como objeción realmente está agarrando un clavo ardiendo.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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my question is, have they even begun?or are we clutching at straws here?

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y yo pregunto: ¿acaso hay ya un principio? ¿o estamos hablando en el vacío?

Last Update: 2008-03-04
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i had to follow, clutching at every step.

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no tuve más remedio que seguirle, agarrándome a la barandilla con ansia.

Last Update: 2014-07-30
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the author's son was crying, clutching at the car seat.

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el hijo de la autora lloraba, aferrado al asiento del automóvil.

Last Update: 2016-11-29
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i see many people; they're clutching at their throats.

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veo a muchas personas; ellas se agarran sus gargantas.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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many clasp at straws, and take the poison balm of organized religion.

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muchos se aferran a pajas, y toman el bálsamo venenoso de la religión organizada.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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it was like catching at straws. but her voice was unexpectedly kind and sweet.

Spanish

llamé por teléfono a mi esposa con mi corazón desesperado como quien se aferra a un imposible, pero su voz fue inesperadamente amable y dulce.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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mrs tymoshenko is clutching at straws, in my view, by challenging the result of her narrow defeat in the courts and i doubt very much this will succeed.

Spanish

la señora tymoshenko se está agarrando a un clavo ardiendo, en mi opinión, impugnando el resultado de su estrecha derrota en los tribunales y dudo mucho que esto tenga éxito.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
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clutching at straws is the fourth studio album by neo-progressive rock band marillion, and features linked songs in what has been described as a concept album.

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clutching at straws es el cuarto álbum de estudio de la banda inglesa de rock progresivo marillion, publicado en 1987.

Last Update: 2016-03-03
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on hearing amfortas' cry, the youth appears to suffer with him, clutching at his heart.

Spanish

al oír el grito de amfortas, el joven parece sufrir con él, apretando su corazón.

Last Update: 2016-03-03
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when you are in a desperate situation, you might pray but it would be as if you were clutching at straws. eventually you will rely on the world because you have no confidence in receiving the answer.

Spanish

cuando están en una situación desesperante, podrà an orar como si estuvieran aferrados a pajillas, pero eventualmente confà an más en el mundo porque no tienen confianza en recibir la respuesta.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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many people are now beginning to despair, and some are clutching at the idea of using ground troops as a last resort.

Spanish

ahora muchos están desesperados y hay quienes quieren usar las tropas de tierra como una tabla de salvación.

Last Update: 2014-02-06
Usage Frequency: 4
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though their opponents are still grasping at straws, it is clear from experience in america and elsewhere that the environment benefits.

Spanish

aunque sus adversarios todavía se agarran a este clavo ardiendo, por la experiencia en américa y en otras partes es evidente que el medio ambiente se beneficia.

Last Update: 2012-02-29
Usage Frequency: 3
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somewhere in the air, there is something that is cutting off their breathing, because they're clutching at their throats.

Spanish

en algún lado en el aire, parece haber algo que les quita la respiración, porque ellos se agarran sus gargantas.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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he saw two people who looked like carol and nicky. they were clutching at each other, moving faster and faster until they disappeared into the dusty sky.

Spanish

vio a dos personas que se parecían a carol y a nicky. iban abrazados con desesperación; se alejaron cada vez más deprisa hasta perderse de vista en el cielo polvoriento.

Last Update: 2018-02-13
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my overstrung nerves failed me suddenly, and i turned and ran--ran as though some dreadful hand were behind me clutching at the skirt of my dress.

Spanish

mis nervios, que ya estaban de punta, me fallaron de repente, di media vuelta y eché a correr. corrí como si detrás de mí hubiera una mano espantosa tratando de agarrar la falda de mi vestido.

Last Update: 2014-07-30
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