Is any of these sentence standard (or often repeated) in English:
a) "Desperate diseases need desperate remedies."
b) "Desperate times require drastic measures."
c) "Exceptional events call for an exceptional response."
d) "Desperate times call for desperate measures."
Christine Christie Is any of these sentence standard (or often repeated) in English: Only "d".
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Christine ChristieIs any of these sentence standard (or often repeated) in English:
Only "d".
None of these are incorrect
The only one that seems familiar to me is D.
I looked it up and found this.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/desperate_times_call_for_desperate_measures
This phrase likely originates with a saying of the