necessity is the mother of invention

Proverb

 * 1) A person who is in great need of something will find a way to obtain it.

Translations

 * Arabic: اَلْحَاجَة أَمّ اَلاِخْتِرَاع
 * Bangla: কাজ আটকালে বুদ্ধি জোগায়
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: nouze naučila Dalibora housti
 * Danish: nød lærer nøgen kvinde at spinde
 * Dutch: noodzaak is de moeder van uitvinding, nood breekt wet
 * Finnish: hätä keinot keksii
 * French: la nécessité est la mère de l'invention,
 * German: Not macht erfinderisch, Notwendigkeit ist die Mutter der Erfindung, Not bricht Eisen
 * Hebrew: הכורח הוא אבי ההמצאה, הצורך הוא אבי ההמצאה
 * Hungarian: a szükség találékonnyá tesz
 * Icelandic: neyðin kennir naktri konu að spinna
 * Italian: il bisogno aguzza l'ingegno, di necessità virtù
 * Japanese: 必要は発明の母
 * Norwegian: nød lærer naken kvinne å spinne (need teaches (a) naked woman how to spin)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: a necessidade aguça o engenho, a necessidade é a mãe de toda invenção
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: la necesidad agudiza el ingenio
 * Swedish: nöden är uppfinningarnas moder