| 单词 | even a stopped clock is right twice a day |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseven a stopped (also broken) clock is right twice a day a. Proverb. even a stopped (also broken) clock is right twice a day and variants: anyone can be right occasionally, if only by chance.Often used specifically to suggest that one holding a fixed belief regardless of changing circumstances will occasionally, if rarely, be correct. ΚΠ 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 129. ¶1 A Clock that stands still is sure to point right once in twelve Hours. 1841 J. Denison Dirges of Whig Admin. 63 Habit has made you indifferent to the public contempt. Continue to oppose it always. Whenever it is mistaken you will be in the right. The clock which stands is right twice a day. 1936 Washington Post 25 Nov. 8/6 It is obvious from the nature of things, that the majority is sometimes right. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. 2007 N. Bush Ultraviolet (2008) ix. 174 Well, even a stopped clock is right twice a day, so I guess, the law of percentages being what it is, those who claim ‘Oregon equals rain’ are bound to be right sometimes. < as lemmas |
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