Despair gives courage to a coward
Need makes the old wife trot
Poverty and hunger have many learned disciples (Br.)
Poverty is crafty; it outwits even a fox (Br.)
Poverty is the mother of all arts (Am.)
Poverty is the mother of art (Br.)
Poverty is the mother of invention (Am.)
Poverty is the sixth sense (Am., Br.)
Want makes wit (Br.)
De tout s’avise à qui pain faut
La peur a bon pas.
Le besoin fait la vieille femme trotter.
La pauvreté est le sixième sens.
Голь на выдумки хитра.
Нужда научит кузнеца сапоги тачать.
Гром не грянет, мужик не перекрестится.
По нужде и поп ест и боб.
Der Hunger treibt den Wolf aus dem Walde. (ins Dorf).
Der Bauch lehrt alle Künste.
Hunger ist der beste Koch.
Yolu kaybedene köpek sesi bülbülden tatlı gelir.