nöden har ingen lag

Swedish

Etymology

nöden (“the distress (definite is often idiomatic when referring to concepts)”) +‎ har (“has”) +‎ ingen (“no”) +‎ lag (“law”)

Proverb

nöden har ingen lag

  1. necessity knows no law, desperate times call for desperate measures

References

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