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Necessity is the mother of invention

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Necessity is the mother of invention.

something that you say which means that if you want to do something very much you will think of a way to do it. We can't afford expensive paper to paint on so we use old envelopes and newspaper. They do say necessity is the mother of invention.

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nearest and dearest
nearly
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nearly jump out of skin
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neck and neck
neck of the woods
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need head examined/examining
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