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From the idea that once one is at sea, one has a limited set of tools at one's disposal.
- IPA(key): /a.vɛk le mwa.jɛ̃ dy bɔʁ/
avec les moyens du bord
- (informal) with what's available, with what's at hand
- faire avec les moyens du bord ― to make do with what one has at hand