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Angliholic Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

settle for tiny shrimps

0 We have a proverb that could be litteraly translated as "Since there are no more big fish, we may well settle for the tiny shrimps." I'm aspiring to know the English counterpart if there is. Thanks. 0-
  

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— Marius Hancu

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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10>I'm aspiring to know12br
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10Thank you for your correction, Marius, and I stand corrected.02br
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0I'm trying to think of an expression like that, and all I can think of right now is the phrase "make do." You have to make do with what you've got, which means to do the best you can with what you have available to you. It's not really a "saying" like your original. 02br
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10I'm trying to think of an expression like that, and all I can think of right now is the phrase 11b11font10"make do." You have to make do with what you've got,12font12b10 which means to do the best you can with what you have available to you. It's not
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