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drastic times require drastic measures
drastic times require drastic 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 drastic times require drastic measures.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Iason | | - | Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek, Greek, Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin |
Tammie | | ['tæmi] | |
Sperantia | | - | Late Roman |
Alexandr | | - | Czech |
Rupa | | - | Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali |
Truls | | - | Norwegian, Swedish |