"straw" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

straw sustantivo

sustantivo + straw
Kolokacji: 10
Jack Straw • Mr. Straw • drinking straw • soda straw • wheat straw • ...
straw + sustantivo
Kolokacji: 34
straw hat • straw poll • straw man • straw mat • straw mattress • ...
verbo + straw
Kolokacji: 6
grasp at straws • use straw • draw the straw • clutch at straws • spin straw • ...
1. grasp at straws = chwytać się brzytwy grasp at straws
  • Newspapers are really just grasping at straws with these plans to make money.
  • She grasped at straws, trying to come up with something to change the subject.
  • "Ellen's being in the middle of all this has me grasping at straws, I guess."
  • I feel like I'm really grasping at straws here with no physical evidence to go on.
  • All of those characters grasp at straws when it comes to news.
  • They were grasping at straws, and the Head admitted it.
  • And it's possible that, in the end, all the Internet will do is give them a more public way to grasp at virtual straws.
  • Maybe we're down to the point of grasping at straws.
  • In part this showed the depth of her fear, that she would grasp at such straws.
adjetivo + straw
Kolokacji: 16
final straw • short straw • fresh straw • clean straw • dry straw • ...
preposición + straw
Kolokacji: 8
with straw • at straws • of straw • through a straw • in the straw • ...

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