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the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray

the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray is the alternative form of the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

Meaning of the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry

Proverb

the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry

  1. No matter how well a project is planned, accidents or misfortune can still occur.
    • But mouse, you are not alone,
      In proving foresight may be vain;
      The best laid schemes of mice and men go often askew
      And leave us nothing but grief and pain,
      For promised joy!1785, Robert Burns, To a Mouse

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The best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray is the alternative form of the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.

Words near the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray in the dictionary

  1. the bejeebers out of
  2. the bejesus out of
  3. the best defence is attack
  4. the best defense is a good offense
  5. the best is the enemy of the good
  6. the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray
  7. the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry
  8. the best things in life are free
  9. the best things in life aren't things
  10. the better is the enemy of the good
  11. The Bible

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