twenty-twenty hindsight

English

Etymology

From the term 20/20 which is used in visual testing to refer to normal visual acuity.

Pronunciation

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Noun

twenty-twenty hindsight (uncountable)

1. (idiomatic) A perfect understanding of events only after they have happened.

Related terms

• hindsight is 20/20

Translations

perfect understanding of events only after they have happened — see also hindsight is 20/20

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 事後孔明 / 事后孔明 (si⁶ hau⁶ hung² ming⁴)

  Mandarin: 事後諸葛亮 / 事后诸葛亮 (zh) (shìhòu Zhūgě Liàng), 事後諸葛 / 事后诸葛 (shìhòu zhūgě)

• Hungarian: utólag okos (literally “[to be] clever in retrospect”)