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Today's Idiom = "Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention"

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Necessity Is The Mother Of Invention ( you find a way to do what you need to do ... )
"necessity is the mother of invention"



"Necessity is the mother of invention" (proverb) says that when you really need to do things ("necessity"), you find new ways of doing them ("invention"). Example: "You will find a way to do it. When you have to, you do." Reply: "Necessity is the mother of invention."



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