Question

DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES

Accepted Answer

Extreme and undesirable circumstances or situations can only be resolved by resorting to equally extreme actions.

Derived from the proverb, "Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies."

I know that the austerity measures introduced by the government during the recession are unpopular, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

Front	DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES
Back	Extreme and undesirable circumstances or situations can only be resolved by resorting to equally extreme actions. Derived from the proverb, "Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies." I know that the austerity measures introduced by the government during the recession are unpopular, but desperate times call for desperate measures.