Murphy's lawnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmɜː.fiz ˈlɔː/us/ˌmɝː.fiz ˈlɑː/UK offensive also Sod's law humorousthe principle that if it is possible for something to go wrong, it will go wrong:
The bus is always late but today when I was late it came on time - that's Murphy's law!
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- bad/hard/tough luck! idiom
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- be bad luck on sb idiom
- be down on your luck idiom
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- favour
- godsend
- grace
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- happenstance
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