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“Ang taong nagigipit, sa patalim kumakapit”
Literally: “A person in a tight spot clings to a blade”
Means: Desperate people take desperate measures.
Nagnakaw siya dahil sa gutom – ang taong nagigipit, sa patalim kumakapit.
He stole out of hunger – desperate times, desperate measures.
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