if the shoe fits, wear it

Proverb

 * 1)  If a description fits, it is probably the case; if an insult accurately describes you, you must bear it; if you take offence at an insult that was only implicitly directed at you, you admit the insult is true enough to be recognizable.
 * 2)  If it works, there is not a problem using it. Often a response to being judged when using an incorrect tool.
 * 1)  If it works, there is not a problem using it. Often a response to being judged when using an incorrect tool.

Synonyms

 * if the cap fits, wear it
 * if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck

Translations

 * Arabic: :
 * Chinese:
 * Czech: potrefená husa se vždycky ozve
 * Dutch: wie de schoen past, trekke hem aan
 * Finnish: jos siltä näyttää
 * French:
 * German: wenn du dich angesprochen fühlst
 * Hindi: :
 * Hungarian: akinek nem inge, ne vegye magára
 * Italian: chi ha orecchie per intendere intenda
 * Jamaican Creole: mi throw mi corn, mi neva call nuh fowl
 * Japanese: :
 * Korean: :
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: se a carapuça serviu
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: el que se pica, ajos come; al que le quepa el sayo; al que le pique, que se rasque; a el que le quede el saco, que se lo ponga,
 * Vietnamese: :