"nöden har ingen lag" meaning in All languages combined

See nöden har ingen lag on Wiktionary

Proverb [Swedish]

Etymology: nöden (“the distress (definite is often idiomatic when referring to concepts)”) + har (“has”) + ingen (“no”) + lag (“law”) Etymology templates: {{af|sv|nöden|har|ingen|lag|t1=the distress (definite is often idiomatic when referring to concepts)|t2=has|t3=no|t4=law}} nöden (“the distress (definite is often idiomatic when referring to concepts)”) + har (“has”) + ingen (“no”) + lag (“law”) Head templates: {{head|sv|proverb}} nöden har ingen lag
  1. necessity knows no law, desperate times call for desperate measures
    Sense id: en-nöden_har_ingen_lag-sv-proverb-Fk6NgmjW Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header, Swedish proverbs
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