на безрыбье и рак рыба
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How to read (transcription):
[na beez-RYB'-ye ee rak RY-ba]
Translation:
beggars can’t be choosers;
in a pinch anything will do;
any port in a storm
(lit. – when no fish even a crayfish is a fish)
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