Need Makes the old Wife Trot
. In German, “Die noth macht ein alte weib traben;” in Italian, “Bisogna fà trotterl a vecchia;” in French, “Besoin fait trotter la vicille;” the Scotch say, “Need gars naked men run.”
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Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.