How do you pronounce any port in a storm?

The recorded pronunciation is /ɛni ˈpɔɹt‿ɪn‿ə ˈstɔɹm/.

any port in a storm

/ɛni ˈpɔɹt‿ɪn‿ə ˈstɔɹm/

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Frequency: 4.38 in modern English

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proverb

"[W]hen vveaker veſſels beare ſaile only in a calme, a true veſſell of Chriſt ſhould ſaile beſt to his vviſhed port in a ſtorme."
"Pooh, ſays he my dear, any port in a ſtorm."
"I'll give you the journal, my boy, […] eight A.M. Bonypart running away; nine A.M. Bonypart on board; ten A.M. Bonypart sinking; eleven A.M. Bonypart in Davy's Locker; Meridian Bonypart in the north corner of ——, where it burns and freezes at the same time: but you know any port in a storm, Bony, so there I'll leave ye."
"[A]s this Scotsman's howf lies right under your lee, why, take any port in a storm."
"I was equally indifferent to cost and convenience in my choice of a lodging—"any port in a storm" was the principle on which I was prepared to act; […]"
"After finding both stairwells untenable at the roof, the Captain and the rookie take the window‐washing scaffold—any port in a storm—down the side of the building to the fire floor."

all's fair in love and war any hole's a goal beggars can't be choosers desperate times call for desperate measures necessity knows no law needs must when the devil drives

all's fair in love and war any hole's a goal beggars can't be choosers desperate times call for desperate measures necessity knows no law needs must when the devil drives