من قلة الخيل شدوا على الكلاب سروج
“For lack of horses, they saddled the dogs.”
When good options are scarce, people settle for poor substitutes.
— Traditional Lebanon Wisdom, Lebanon
Source: Traditional Lebanese proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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