English Explanatory Dictionary

necessity knows no law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. A person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it, and violate the law if needed.

Word forms

necessity knows no law

Related words

desperate times call for desperate measures all is fair in love and war needs must when the devil drives any port in a storm
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