プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4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 burglarized his neighbor's house.
あれは苦し紛れの弁明だ
He just said that to get out of the pinch he was in.