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Moon7296 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
A drowning man will catch at a straw
1. A drowning man will catch at a straw.
If I say "A drowning man will catch a straw," is it different from #1 and doesn't it sound better?
If I say "A drowning man will catch a straw," is it different from #1 and doesn't it sound better?
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Hi, 'To catch at something ' means ' to try to grab something' . It does not mean you succeeded. Clive
- Hi, 'To catch at something ' means ' to try to grab something' .
- It does not mean you succeeded.
- Clive
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Hi,
'To catch at something' means 'to try to grab something'. It does not mean you succeeded.
Clive
'To catch at something' means 'to try to grab something'. It does not mean you succeeded.
Clive
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The maxim goes more like this:
A drowning man will grasp/clutch/catch at straws.
A drowning man will grasp/clutch/catch at straws.
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