- 苦し紛れ
- くるしまぎれ【苦し紛れ】¶彼は~にうそをついたDriven into a corner, he told a lie.* * *くるしまぎれ【苦し紛れ】
●苦しまぎれに in (the excess of) one's pain; driven by pain [distress]; 〔破れかぶれで〕 in desperation; as a last resort; 〔やむをえず〕 under the pressure of necessity
・苦しまぎれにうそを言ったのです. Driven into a corner, I had to tell a lie.
・奴は苦しまぎれにどんなことをするか知れない. There's no knowing what he would do when he's desperate.
●苦しまぎれの desperate; last-resort
・苦しまぎれの言いのがれ a last-ditch excuse
・苦しまぎれの策がうまくいった. That desperate measure succeeded.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.