Murphy's law

See also: Murphy's Law

English

Etymology

From Edward A. Murphy, Jr., a development engineer who worked for a brief time on the rocket-sled experiments of the United States Air Force in 1948.

Proper noun

Murphy's law

1. An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will.

Synonyms

• Sod’s law
• Finagle's law

Antonyms

• serendipity

Derived terms

• Muphry's law

Translations

adage which states that if anything can go wrong it will

• Basque: Murphyren legea
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 摩菲定理 (Mófēi dìnglǐ), 墨菲定律 (Mòfēi dìnglǜ)

• Czech: Murphyho zákon m
• Finnish: Murphyn laki (fi)
• French: loi de Murphy (fr) f
• German: Murphys Gesetz (de) n
• Hungarian: Murphy törvénye
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• Japanese: マーフィーの法則 (Māfī-no hōsoku)
• Korean: 머피의 법칙 (meopiui beopchik)
• Norwegian: Loven om tingenes iboende faenskap.
• Portuguese: Lei de Murphy f
• Russian: зако́н по́длости (ru) m (zakón pódlosti), зако́н Мёрфи m (zakón Mjórfi)
• Spanish: ley de Murphy f
• Swedish: lagen om alltings jävlighet (sv), lagen om alltings inneboende ondska, Murphys lag
• Turkish: Murphy kanunları pl

Anagrams

• Muphry's law