Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies



Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.

Prov. If you have a seemingly insurmountable problem, you must do things you ordinarily would not do in order to solve it. Fred: All my employees have been surly and morose for months. How can I improve their morale? Alan: Why not give everyone a raise? Fred: That's a pretty extreme suggestion. Alan: Yes, but desperate diseases must have desperate remedies.

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Edison['edisn]
Sence-Medieval Spanish
CesÁRia-Portuguese
Jeremiel-Biblical
Brendanus-Irish (Latinized)
GertrudeGUR-trood (English), khər-TRUY-də (Dutch)English, Dutch