Murphy's law
закон подлости, закон Мёрфи
Murphys Gesetz
An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it willAn adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will.
Meaning
1 sensesAn adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will.
Murphys Gesetz
зако́н по́длостиzakón pódlosti, зако́н Мёрфиzakón Mjórfi
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
adage which states that if anything can go wrong it will:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
adage which states that if anything can go wrong it will:
Origin
Named after Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918–1990), a development engineer who worked for a brieNamed after Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918–1990), a development engineer who worked for a brief time on the rocket-sled experiments of the United States Air Force in 1948.
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