"dire time demand dire solution" does it sound natural to you? "dire time demand dire solution" does it sound natural to you? Is there a better way to express the same meaning?

Ethan

Oct 6, 2018 12:00 PM

Answers · 6

I would suggest you say: 'desperate times call for desperate measures', it sounds more natural.

October 6, 2018

Hi, Ethan! You should definitely use the plural here, because you are making a general statement, so you would say "dire times demand dire solutions". However, it doesn't sound very natural to use the word "dire", I would use "difficult" here. So, "difficult times demand difficult solutions". Hope that helps!

October 6, 2018

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