голь на выдумку хитра

Russian edit

Etymology edit

Literally, "poor people are crafty".

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡolʲ nɐ‿ˈvɨdʊmkʊ xʲɪˈtra]

Proverb edit

го́ль на вы́думку хитра́ (gólʹ na výdumku xitrá)

  1. necessity is the mother of invention