any port in a storm

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)One shouldacceptanypassableoptionwhentime is of the essencein anadversesituation.Synonyms:beggars can't be choosers;see alsoThesaurus:satisfactory[1657,Samuel Purchas, “[The Second Part. Being Meditations and Observations, Theologicall, and Morall, upon the Nature of Bees.]The Third Centurie.”, inA Theatre of Politicall Flying-Insects.[…], London:[…]M. S. for Thomas Parkhurst,[…],→OCLC, section XIX,page354:[W]hen vveaker veſſels beare ſaile only in a calme, a true veſſell ofChriſtſhould ſaile beſt to his vviſhedport in a ſtorme.]1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the Second]”, inMemoirs of a Woman of Pleasure[Fanny Hill], volume II, London:[…][Thomas Parker]for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton andRalph Griffiths][…],→OCLC,page133:Pooh, ſays he my dear,any port in a ſtorm.1804August 4, “Levity: Bob Rousem’s Epistle to Bonypart”, in Oliver Oldschool [pseudonym;John Elihu Hall], editor,The Port Folio, volume IV, number31, Philadelphia, Pa.:[…]Hugh Maxwell,[…],→OCLC,page246, column 2:I'll give you the journal, my boy,[…]eight A.M. Bonypartrunning away; nine A.M. Bonypart on board; ten A.M. Bonypartsinking; eleven A.M. Bonypart inDavy's Locker;MeridianBonypart in the north corner of ——, where it burns and freezes at the same time: but you knowany port in a storm, Bony, so there I'll leave ye.1822, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, inThe Pirate.[…], volume I, Edinburgh:[…][James Ballantyne and Co.] forArchibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.,→OCLC,page60:[A]s this Scotsman's howf lies right under your lee, why, takeany port in a storm.1893–1897(date written),Robert Louis Stevenson, “I Meet a Cheerful Extravagant”, inSt. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England, New York, N.Y.:Charles Scribner’s Sons, published1897,→OCLC,pages264–265:I was equally indifferent to cost and convenience in my choice of a lodging—"any port in a storm" was the principle on which I was prepared to act;[…]1974January 27,Dennis Smith, “Playing with fire can mean getting burned [review ofFirehouse]”, inThe New York Times‎[1], New York, N.Y.:The New York Times Company,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon9 September 2017, page17:After finding both stairwells untenable at the roof, the Captain and the rookie take the window‐washing scaffold—any port in a storm—down the side of the building to the fire floor.2008December 28, Jon Henderson, quoting Malcolm Holmes, “Kinnear: A man you can swear by”, inThe Observer‎[2], London:Guardian News & Media,→ISSN,→OCLC, archived fromthe originalon8 April 2024:Most supporters have been surprised at howJoe[Kinnear]has steadied the ship and most people seemed to have warmed to him. He wasn’t the most popular appointment, but I think the phrase ‘any port in a storm’ came to mind when we were getting turned down by everyone.

Examples:

EN: Well, any port in a storm.
ES: Con esto me conformo.
ES: Cuando hay hambre, no hay pan duro.
ES: Bueno, igual sirve.
ES: La necesidad carece de ley.
EN: I can take any port in a storm.
ES: Puedo arrasar cualquier puerto.
EN: Well, any port in a storm, right?
ES: Cualquier puerto es bueno en la tormenta, ¿no?
EN: Well, any port in a storm. This is a democracy, isn't it? Then exercise your rights!
ES: Es posible que desee comenzar pensando ... cómo movilizar 800 estudiantes ...
EN: Hey, you know what they say, Torelli, any port in a storm.
ES: Torelli, todo puerto sirve cuando hay tormenta.
EN: You ever heard the saying', "any port in a storm"?
ES: ¿No escuchaste el dicho, cualquier puerto en la tormenta?
EN: Okay.any port in a storm
ES: Sí, a cualquier puerto ante la tormenta.
EN: - They say any port in a storm, and she was the size of a fucking port!
ES: Dicen que cualquier puerto es bueno cuando hay tormenta ¡y ella tenia el tamaño de un maldito puerto!
EN: If he's never had a girlfriend, any port in a storm and all that.
ES: Sí el nunca ha tenido novia, le valdrá cualquiera.
EN: I guess some people will choose any port in a storm.
ES: Supongo que algunas personas eligen cualquier puerto cuando hay tormenta.
EN: Hey, any port in a storm, right?
ES: Oye, cualquier puerto es bueno en una tormenta, ¿no?
EN: They say "any port in a storm".
ES: Dicen: "todo puerto es bueno durante una tormenta".
EN: You know, they say any port in a storm, and this port just...
ES: Lesbianas, por ejemplo y "B", tú me pareces repugnante.
EN: And any port in a storm.
ES: Y en tiempos de guerra...
EN: Like they say, any port in a storm!
HI: जैसा कि वे कहते हैं किसी भी चालाक गधे पर!

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