accidents will happen in the best regulated families

谚语

英文释义

谚语
  1. Accidents will always happen, even where there is an expectation of success.
    — In spite of all precautions, accidents will happen in the best regulated families, and wolves steal in, in the fleeces of Merinos.

词源

First attested in the early 19th century. Popularised by Charles Dickens' novel The Personal History of David Copperfield (1850).
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