the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry

谚语

英文释义

谚语
  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!

词形变化

the best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray alternative

词源

From a Scots poem by Robert Burns, To a Mouse. In the original Scots, the lines are, “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft agley”.
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