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straws noun strawberries. Greengrocers' abbreviation, both spoken and used in signage UK, 1961
idiomstrawsbe clutching/grasping at strawstry to do or get sth to try hard to find a solution or something to make you hopeful, even when you know it is unlikely that any exist:"Can't we just phone?" She knew she was clutching at straws, but she couldn't face going out again.The doctors admit they're grasping at straws with this new treatment.straws in the wind BrEBrEsigns of what may happen in the future:The military revolt of General Sanjurjo on 10 August 1932 was a significant straw in the wind, that preceded the Spanish Civil War.I suspect that one day even Greenpeace will come to recognise the positive benefits of nuclear power, in fact I have already detected a few straws in the wind that point in that direction.
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