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голод не тётка stresses
gen.	hunger is not like an aunt; hunger isn't like an aunt; the hunger is not like an aunt; the hunger isn't like an aunt; everybody's gotta eat (SirReal)
proverb	hunger is rather a mean stepmother; hunger fetches the wolf out of the woods (george serebryakov); beggars can't be choosers (Andrey Truhachev); hunger breaks stone walls (hunger may force a person to do something against one's will); hunger pierces stone walls (hunger may force a person to do something against one's will); hunger drives the wolf out of the wood
голод – не тётка
idiom.	needs must when the devil drives