Meaning

1 senses
  1. An Irish or white potato.

More definitions
  • an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Examples

13 sentences
  1. What's Murphy's Law?

    ruЧто такое закон Мерфи? — odexed

    deWas ist Murphys Gesetz? — Adelpa

  2. Murphy's law states that whatever can go wrong will go wrong.

    ruЗакон Мёрфи гласит, что если что-то может пойти не так, оно пойдёт не так. — marafon

    deDas Gesetz von Murphy besagt, dass alles, was schiefgehen kann, auch tatsächlich schiefgeht. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  3. Nothing is exempt from Murphy's Law.

  4. Knowing Murphy's Law won't help either.

  5. "I like Andy Murphy's movies." "But mom! It's Will Smith." "Who?"

Origin

From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).

From the common Irish name Murphy. Compare Donovan (“a potato”).

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Forms

plural: murphies
Singularmurphy
Pluralmurphies

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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