Murphy's law

See also: Murphy's Law

English

Etymology

From Edward A. Murphy, Jr., a development engineer who worked for a brief time on the rocket-sled experiments of the United States Air Force in 1948.

Proper noun

Murphy's law

An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will.

Synonyms

Antonyms

serendipity

Derived terms

Muphry's law

Translations

adage which states that if anything can go wrong it will

Basque: Murphyren legea
Chinese:
Mandarin: 摩菲定理 (Mófēi dìnglǐ), 墨菲定律 (Mòfēi dìnglǜ)
Czech: Murphyho zákon m
Finnish: Murphyn laki (fi)
French: loi de Murphy (fr) f
German: Murphys Gesetz (de) n
Hungarian: Murphy törvénye

Japanese: マーフィーの法則 (Māfī-no hōsoku)
Korean: 머피의 법칙 (meopiui beopchik)
Norwegian: Loven om tingenes iboende faenskap.
Portuguese: Lei de Murphy f
Russian: зако́н по́длости (ru) m (zakón pódlosti), зако́н Мёрфи m (zakón Mjórfi)
Spanish: ley de Murphy f
Swedish: lagen om alltings jävlighet (sv), lagen om alltings inneboende ondska, Murphys lag
Turkish: Murphy kanunları pl

Anagrams

Muphry's law

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