tonoucí se stébla chytá

Czech

Etymology

Literally, “a drowning person holds on to a straw”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tonou̯t͡siː sɛ stɛːbla xɪtaː]

Proverb

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)
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