We'd done nothing wrong and had everything we needed - they were clutching at straws.
Fear was back in his face and he was clutching at straws.
The detectives on those cases were simply clutching at straws.
This was too important for her to clutch at straws.
If he were to start clutching at straws, hoping against hope for a way out, then even that would be lost.
"You probably think I am clutching at straws," the chief psychologist ended.
"I believe the human expression clutching at straws is appropriate here," said Moon.
Nice list, although it does feel a little like clutching at straws.
It might be clutching at straws, but he needed this woman.
I know, after all this time, we're probably clutching at straws.
