窮きゅうすれば通つうず

expression

necessity is the mother of invention; there's always a way if you look for it

Proverb meaning that when one is in a tight spot, a solution will present itself if one searches earnestly.

• お金かねがなくて困こまっていたが、窮きゅうすれば通つうずで、友とも達だちが仕し事ごとを紹しょう介かいしてくれた。

  I was in trouble without money, but necessity is the mother of invention—a friend introduced me to a job.

• 締しめ切きりが迫せまっていたが、窮きゅうすれば通つうずで、なんとかアイデアが浮うかんだ。

  The deadline was approaching, but there's always a way if you look for it—I somehow came up with an idea.