Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
La necesidad tiene cara de hereje.
English translation:
Beggars can't be choosers.
Added to glossary by
Elizabeth Medina
Aug 9, 2007 20:10
16 yrs ago
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Spanish term
La necesidad tiene cara de hereje.
Spanish to English
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
popular saying
The context is:
"La necesidad tiene cara de hereje, dice el aforismo y frente al dinero, la dignidad humana se debilita."
Is there a saying in English that is more or less equivalent? I'm not aware of any. Thank you!
"La necesidad tiene cara de hereje, dice el aforismo y frente al dinero, la dignidad humana se debilita."
Is there a saying in English that is more or less equivalent? I'm not aware of any. Thank you!
Proposed translations
(English)
Change log
Aug 9, 2007 21:26: Elizabeth Medina changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/566597">Elizabeth Medina's</a> old entry - "La necesidad tiene cara de hereje."" to ""beggars can\'t be choosers""
Proposed translations
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beggars can't be choosers
éste es el equivalente que conozco. Espero que sea de ayuda :)
Peer comment(s):
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Carol Gullidge
: very idiomatic, and fits the bill!
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Thanks :)
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Robert Copeland
: This fits very well!!!!!-Short and sweet!
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Thanks :)
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Actually, this works really well! Thanks very much Constanza."
+1
1 min
necessity has an ugly face.
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-08-09 20:13:31 GMT)
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Also said as : necessity rears it's ugly face.
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Note added at 3 mins (2007-08-09 20:13:31 GMT)
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Also said as : necessity rears it's ugly face.
Peer comment(s):
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R. Alex Jenkins
3 mins
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Thanks, Richard.
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Carol Gullidge
: Is this actually a saying? It gets 0 google hits
10 mins
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Well, I've heard it said as such.
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+1
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Lydia De Jorge
United States
United States
Native in Spanish
&
English
Specializes in field
United States
Don't just say it, say it right!
Native in: Spanish 
, English
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English, English, and 1 more.
Related KudoZ points
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133
necessity has no religion
sugg
Peer comment(s):
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Salloz
: Necessitas caret leges (la necesidad carece de leyes).
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Gracias Salloz!
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14 mins
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
poetically precise prose with... panache
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Related KudoZ points
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315
Necessity is the mother of invention/Needs must
2 more possibilities, but not as good as Constanza's, imo
Note from asker:
| Thanks Carol, actually this is already in Kudoz' glossary; in the book I'm working on though, "beggars..." works best, I think. Appreciate it though, everyone answered like, immediately! What a wonderful resource! |
32 mins
Necessity has no law
Necessity has no law.
William Langland
English poet (1332 - 1400)
Aunque la pregunta ya esté cerrada, te puede servir.
William Langland
English poet (1332 - 1400)
Aunque la pregunta ya esté cerrada, te puede servir.
Discussion
¿Quién, siendo toda cristiana,
tiene la cara de hereje?
¿Quién hace que al hombre aqueje
el desprecio y la tristeza?
La pobreza.
--Quevedo
al necesitado en plaza;
todo el mundo le es mordaza
aunque él por señas se queje;
que tiene cara de hereje,
y aun fe la necesidad:
¡verdad!
--Góngora