Proverb from Philippines

Filipino (Tagalog)

Kung maiklî ang kúmot, matutong mamaluktot.

“If the blanket is short, learn to curl up.”

Meaning

When times are hard, make the little you have be enough. The dictionary: “Mahirap ang búhay; ipinagkakásiyá ang kakaunti o kung ano lámang ang mayroon.”

Source

KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino (Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino), entry “kúmot”, under the idiom “maiklî ang kúmot”

Accent marks are the dictionary’s pronunciation guides. In everyday writing it is “Kung maikli ang kumot, matutong mamaluktot.”

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