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when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail proverb: synonym of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Proverb

when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

  1. Synonym of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Questions about when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

What does when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail mean?
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail means synonym of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
What part of speech is when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail?
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail is a proverb.

Words near when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail in the dictionary

  1. when
  2. when Adam was an oakum boy
  3. when Adam was an oakum boy in Chatham Dockyard
  4. when all is said
  5. when all is said and done
  6. when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
  7. when America sneezes, the world catches a cold
  8. when as
  9. when everything is said and done
  10. when God closes a door he opens a window
  11. when heck freezes over

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