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Examples:fight desperately (at the risk of one's life)—(fight or work) desperately hard—fig. desperately serious situation—the heart desperately wants understand how to do sth but cannot [idiom.]—in a desperate situation—lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation—be driven to desperate action—lit. give medicine to a dead horse (idiom); fig. to keep trying everything in a desperate situation—runaway (idiom); desperate criminal—fig. reverse a desperate situation—be in a desperate situation—put up a desperate struggle—desperate getaway (from a battlefield)—a desperate rat will bite the fox (idiom); the smallest worm will turn being trodden on—out of ammunition and no food left (idiom); in desperate straits—out of ammunition and no hope of reinforcements (idiom); in desperate straits—homeless and miserable (idiom); wander about in a desperate plight—pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis—force sb. to desperate action— |