Needs must when the devil drives



Needs must when the devil drives.

Prov. When you are desperate, you must do things you ordinarily would not do. We're going to have to get an enormous loan to pay for your mother's surgery. I hate to go into debt, but needs must when the devil drives.
See also: devil, drive, must, needs

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Thoma-Old Church Slavic
Chenda-Khmer
FrĪDrihs-Latvian
Honorina-Late Roman
Nomusa-Southern African, Ndebele
Warinhari-Ancient Germanic