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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Example Sentences

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

Perhaps just then she hardly knew who it was coming to her assistance; but turned to any port in a storm.

From The Boys of Columbia High on the Gridiron : or, the Struggle for the Silver Cup by Forbes, Graham B