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N necessity is the mother of invention нужда заставит; голь на выдумки хитра M E A N I N G : inventiveness or creativity stimulated by need or difficulty He created shoes with stilts so he could reach the ceiling. Necessity is the mother of invention. ORIGIN: A phrase similar to this was used by people in ancient Greece, and today it is a proverb in Italian, French, German, and some other languages. The first use of it in English was in a British play in 1672. It’s very popular all over the world, probably because it states a universal truth. If you urgently need something that you don’t have, you will discover or invent it by using your imagination and skill. In this expression, mother means the creative source that gives birth to the invention. neither fish, (flesh) nor fowl ни рыба ни мясо; ни то ни сё M E A N I N G : belonging to no definite category; of no use to anyone They felt he was neither fish nor fowl – not qualified to lead the department, yet not appropriate to work as a staff member either. ORIGIN: The original saying (1546) referred to the classification of foods as eaten by different groups. Fish was food for monks, meat for the people and fowl for the poor. 84