desperate times require desperate measures

Extreme and undesirable circumstances or situations can only be resolved by resorting to equally extreme actions. Derived from the proverb, "Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies." I know that the austerity measures introduced by the government during the recession are unpopular, but desperate times require desperate measures.

See also: desperate, measure, require, times

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Curt	KURT	English
Veronika	vye-rah-NEE-kah (Russian), vee-rah-NEE-kah (Russian), ve-RO-nee-kah (German, Croatian)	Russian, Czech, Slovak, German, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Slovene, Croatian, Macedonian, Swedish, Norweg
Sa'd	-	Arabic
Woodall	['wudəl]
Augustine (2)	o-goos-TEEN (French), ow-guws-TEE-nə (German)	French, German
Nawra	-	Arabic