necessity knows no law en · X
Meanings
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A person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it, and violate the law if needed.
"Necessity knows no law."
1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
Relateds
desperate times call for desperate measures · any port in a storm · all is fair in love and war · needs must when the devil drives
Translations (10)
sv nöden har ingen lag (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) · hu szükség törvényt bont (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) · hu nagy úr a muszáj (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) · fr faute de grives on mange des merles (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) · de Not kennt kein Gebot (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) · de Not bricht Gebot (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) · pl tonący brzytwy się chwyta (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) · fi hätä ei lue lakia (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) · fr nécessité fait loi (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed) · nl nood breekt wet (a person who is in great need of something will find a way to get it, and break the law if needed)