drastic times call for drastic measures

drastic times call for drastic measures

proverb Extreme and undesirable circumstances or situations can only be resolved by resorting to equally extreme actions. Derived from the proverb, "Desperate diseases must have desperate remedies." I know that the austerity measures introduced by the government during the recession are unpopular, but drastic times call for drastic measures.
See also: call, drastic, measure, times
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • desperate times call for desperate measures
  • desperate times require desperate measures
  • drastic
  • drastic times require drastic measures
  • require
  • desperate
  • desperate diseases must have desperate remedies
  • remedy
  • follow the golden mean
  • road rage
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And you know what they say; drastic times call for drastic measures. And these are drastic times indeed.
Dol, 67, said of Miley, 21: "The girl can write, the girl can sing, the girl is smart but no one would let her grow up so she thought drastic times call for drastic measures. It was all her own idea, she knew exactly what she was doing." And drastic those measures were.
Drastic times call for drastic measures, and so drastic changes are needed to prevent the crisis turning into a full-blown catastrophe.
Drastic times call for drastic measures and I believe it's the supporters who should take steps to show their disgust at what's happening to their club.
Drastic times call for drastic measures. Surely it is worth at least thinking about?
However, drastic times call for drastic measures. The credit union system even post-recession will have a difficult time justifying financial support for the two separate groups.
We are experiencing drastic economic times, and as the saying goes "drastic times call for drastic measures." I don't believe that supply chain planners should heed that conventional wisdom.
But drastic times call for drastic measures, and Mosley, uniting with the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA), is to implement a wide range of cost cuts from next year.
But drastic times call for drastic measures, and Mosley, uniting with the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA), are to implement a wide range of cost cuts from next year.
But drastic times call for drastic measures, and Mosley, uniting with the Formula One Teams' Association, are to implement a wide range of cost cuts from next year.
Such drastic times call for drastic measures and, in a bid to stem the downpour, Henderson has dropped captain Ben Russell (pictured).
Drastic times call for drastic measures, and that's the situation Cadillac found itself in.
Lead us and our children to safety." Drastic times call for drastic measures.
DRASTIC times call for drastic measures and that is exactly where we are with the Pakistan cricket team.
And because drastic times call for drastic measures why not let John Fleck play his preferred position just off the strikers, although that would leave a gap to be filled on the left.