best-laid schemes/plans, the

The most careful plans sometimes do not succeed. It was probably already a cliché by the time Robert Burns used the phrase in “To a Mouse” (1786): “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley [go often astray].”

See also: scheme

The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer

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(good) black don't crack
(it's) (all) Greek to me
be all Greek to someone
Greek to me
Greek to me, it's
it's all Greek to me
the customer is always right
customer is always right
customer is always right, the
(it's all) Greek to (one)

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释义	best-laid schemes/plans, the best-laid schemes/plans, the The most careful plans sometimes do not succeed. It was probably already a cliché by the time Robert Burns used the phrase in “To a Mouse” (1786): “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men gang aft a-gley [go often astray].” See also: scheme The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer See also: (good) black don't crack (it's) (all) Greek to me be all Greek to someone Greek to me Greek to me, it's it's all Greek to me the customer is always right customer is always right customer is always right, the (it's all) Greek to (one)
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