Sod's law
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English
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Proper noun
1.2.1
Synonyms
1.2.2
Translations
1.3
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Sod's law
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Pronunciation
IPA
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key
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:
/sɒdz lɔ/
Audio (AU)
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Proper noun
Sod
's
law
(
slang
)
the principle that what can go wrong, will go wrong, usually with some observed degree of irony
It's
Sod's law
that it will rain when going for a picnic.
Synonyms
Murphy's law
Translations
rule
Czech:
zákon schválnosti
m
French:
loi de l’emmerdement maximum
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Russian:
зако́н подлости
(ru)
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zakón podlosti
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Spanish:
ley de la indefectible mala voluntad de los objectos inanimados
f
Anagrams
old saws
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