голь на выдумку хитра

Russian

Etymology

Literally, “poor people are crafty”.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡolʲ nɐ‿ˈvɨdʊmkʊ xʲɪˈtra]

Proverb

го́ль на вы́думку хитра́ • (gólʹ na výdumku xitrá)

  1. necessity is the mother of invention
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