プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第３版)の解説
くるしまぎれ【苦し紛れ】
苦し紛れに｜〔どうしようもなくて，困って〕out of desperation; 〔苦しくて，痛くて〕driven by pain
- 一文無しの彼は苦し紛れに隣家に盗みに入った
He had no money, and in desperation he robbed his neighbor's house. - あれは苦し紛れの逃げ口上だ
He just said that to get out of the pinch he was in.