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Grasping at straws 

Doing and trying anything to resolve a dangerous / bad situation
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grippin the goblin

To furiously beat your penis off.
Michael: Hey wanna play basketball chanhlor?
Chanhlor: Nah man im too busy grippin the goblin

pussy gripping 

When a girl's vagina is so incredibly tight that it is visible during sex. Her pussy lips stretch around the penis. The lips visibly get pushed in with each thrust and are pulled out when a cock is sliding out. Look it up on PornHub, it's a thing.
Guy 1: Dude, Melissa is so short and petite. I bet her pussy is so tight it grips.
Guy 2: I fucked her a while ago. My cock got a good pussy gripping. But not after I was done.
pussy gripping by nooooooope April 2, 2016

On The Gripping Hand 

A ternary logic used when you are dealing with three equally unpleasant alternatives rather than two; the third (gripping) hand being dominant or determinative. Expression common among sci fi geeks and computer people.

From a science fiction novel entitled "The Mote In God's Eye" where an intelligent alien race has evolved with two minor arms (with fine fingers for work) on their right and one larger (gripping) arm with three strong fingers on their left.
On the one hand, Obama's a knucklehead and I can't stand him. On the other hand, he still has a lot of people who thinks he walks on water. On the gripping hand, we only have to put up with him for two more years, so we shouldn't bother to try to impeach him.
On The Gripping Hand by Odgred Weary November 24, 2010

pistol grippin' 

a verb that means: packing and using a gun (aka packing heat!).
I already got enough on my mind to be stressin'
And now I can't even watch the news? It's depressing...
Them dudes lost their lives overseas pistol grippin'...
pistol grippin' by rich rick August 6, 2009

grasping at straws 

When you're on the spot and you're looking to say some concrete shit but you have nothing to say.
Donald Rumsfeld explained to the committee where the WMD's were, but he was clearly grasping at straws.