MURPHY'S LAW

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong

Synonyms:

Murphy's Law; Sod's Law

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Murphy's Law" is a kind of...):

gnome (a short pithy saying expressing a general truth)

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