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Brewer's: Need Makes the old Wife Trot
In German, “Die noth macht ein alte weib traben;” in Italian, “Bisogna fà trotterl a vecchia;” in French, “Besoim fait trotter la vicille;” the Scotch say, “Need gars naked men run.”
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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