any port in a storm

Proverb

 * 1)  One should accept any passable option when time is of the essence in an adverse situation.
 * 2) * 1804 Aug. 4, "Levity: Bob Rousem's Epistle to Bonypart," The Port Folio, vol. 4, no. 31, p. 246 (Google books):
 * I'll give you the journal, my boy. . . . eight A.M. Bonypart running away; nine A.M. Bonypart on board; ten A.M. Bonypart sinking; eleven A.M. Bonypart in Davy's Locker; Meridian Bonypart in the north corner of _____, where it burns and freezes at the same time: but you know any port in a storm, Bony, so there I'll leave ye.

Usage notes

 * This expression is usually used as if it were a complete sentence, serving as an ellipsis of "Go to any port in a storm", "Any port will do in a storm", or any similar sentence.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:satisfactory