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  Any port in a storm

  In an emergency, we will accept help from any source and in any place, even from an unpleasant person.
• any port in a storm
  any port in a storm

  Any solution to a difficult situation (is better than none), as in John's plan isn't ideal, but any port in a storm. This metaphor was first recorded in 1749.

Any port in a storm

Cultural  

1. In an emergency, we will accept help from any source and in any place, even from an unpleasant person.

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any port in a storm Idioms  

1. Any solution to a difficult situation (is better than none), as in John's plan isn't ideal, but any port in a storm. This metaphor was first recorded in 1749.

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Any port in a storm any port in a storm

"Any port in a storm, as it were."

From Slate ● Feb. 27, 2013

“But I thank you. Any port in a storm, they say, but I take home port if I got a choice.”

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Any port in a storm; any straw to a drowning man.

From The Financier, a novel by Dreiser, Theodore

Any port in a storm, expressed her mood.

From Big Timber A Story of the Northwest by Sinclair, Bertrand W.

"Any port in a storm," said the Prince, scowling at him.

From The Yeoman Adventurer by Gough, George W.

Yes, but at this point, it’s any port in a storm or any sense of texture in one’s salty beef soup slop.

From The Verge ● Feb. 15, 2022

They’re three times the price of Richmond’s crumbs, and Martin doesn’t have strong feelings about gluten one way or the other, but any port in a storm.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 17, 2021

So Washington Football fans will hang their hopes on any division title — like any port in a storm that sometimes never seems to end.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 21, 2020

And if that something good is not, in addition, wise or profound—well, any port in a storm.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 11, 2019

It was a case of any port in a storm by now and he was glad enough to have the coach find an explanation.

From Left Guard Gilbert by Caswell, Edward C.