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A piece of straw would not help to keep a drowning person afloat, but - if you are drowning - you would grab at anything, however hopeless, in your efforts to stay alive.

The expression means that when in trouble, a person will take any chances available to get out of trouble - even 'chances' with no hope of success.

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