“A person drowning in the sea will even grasp at a snake.”
Desperation drives people to take any chance of survival, however dangerous.
— Traditional Turkmenistan Wisdom, Turkmenistan
Source: Traditional Turkmenistan proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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