clutching at straws

Out of desparation, the act of reaching or stretching for a solution, no matter how irrational or inconsequential. Literally - a drowning person who, unable to find any substantial floatation immediately at had, attempts to save himself from certain death by grabbing hold of a few stray pieces of straw floating on the water within arm's length.

The Senator from Florida, caught red-handed sending lewd and lascivious text messages to underage male pages, was clutching at straws for an alibi and escape. Alcoholism? Resignation?

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much in the clutch

When someone is perfect under pressure when it really matters.

Dwayne Wade was much in the clutch when he made the buzzer beater 3 to win the game

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clutch kill

The game-saving kill that makes the difference between losing and winning the match, often occurs in the very last seconds of a game or in overtime

With 2 seconds left on the clock, Buckwheat pulls off a clutch kill, winning the game for his team by a single point.

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clutch the pearls

To be aghast; stunned.

When Mrs. Barron heard the death toll...she put her hand to her throat to clutch the pearls around her neck.

Clutch Powers

A cinema icon and the star of the hit block buster "The adventures of clutch powers "Has built up a large fanbase of fans and as a result the government has oppressed them because Clutch is too much of a sexy beast for them to handle. The length of government oppression rivals that of gamers but many would say it's even more. The oppression of the Clutch Powers fanbase is mostly done by silencing any notion the movie exists and as a result many have not heard of this cinematic masterpiece.

Bro One: Have you heard of the adventures of clutch powers?
Bro two: No, what in the world is that?
*Bro two gets shot by Bro one to avoid getting ratted out and keep the Clutch powers civil rights movement alive

Came in clutch

A term used by modern teenagers and early adults that has nothing to do with the transmission of a manual car. Typically used in situations where someone did something when in times of "emergency"

I was hungry, then John came in clutch with a pizza

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clutch player

person or people who's always performing highly impossible goals in a quick and almost impossible amount of time, or in the nick of time; extremely useful and convenient people.

Yo, Kobe Bryant and Lebron James are such a clutch players.

My friend will get us out of this...he's such a clutch player.

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