a drowning man will clutch at a straw
grasp at straws
needling
recourse
bystander effect
queer someone's pitch
unaided
necessity is the mother of invention
succorer
succourer
come running
do it tough
help vampire
heeelp
moocher
help-seeker
grabble
Lazarus
helpable
hound
connections
help out
beggars can't be choosers
scrounge up
resource
counterproductive
leg up
succour
succor
peer
helplessness
good Samaritan
extra pair of hands
cover
bootstrap
relief worker
pray
hunter
bestead
single-handed
seeking
reachable
hand out
go to the goat's house for wool
impoverished
helperless
poverty-stricken
pull through
indigent
reluctant dragon
time the deed to the need
needy
necessitous
demandee
necessity knows no law
Job's comforter
tightrope
help
try as one may
requirer
coward
destitute
come to
appeaser
down on one's knees
gain
lift a finger
butt heads
acquire
beg
lending hand
cry
boil the ocean
win
good things come in small packages
go out of one's way
run to earth
make hard work of
Good Samaritan
woo
search party
refuge
gird up one's loins
desperate
toast
aid
resort
gotcha
beggingly
lazy ass
goner
social welfare
kick
welfare
public assistance
fall seven times, stand up eight