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藁をもすがる 、 藁をも縋る わらをもすがる 同音
exp.-ru Godan/u-verb idiomatic to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures (non-standard variant of 藁にもすがる)
Notes
Contains
藁
わら 고
straw
を
を
indicates direct object of action
をも
をも
even
も
も
too
が
が
indicates the subject of a sentence
がる
がる
to show signs of being
る
る
verb-forming suffix
縋
すが.る 추
climb down rope
縋る
すがる
to cling to