Meanings
alternative a broken clock is right twice a day · alternative even a broken clock is right twice a day · alternative even a stopped clock is right twice a day
- A normally unreliable person or instrument can occasionally provide correct information, even if only by accident.
- Someone who repeats the same thing constantly will at some point be correct, if only briefly.
Synonyms: even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then, even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while
Synonyms & antonyms
proverbSomeone who repeats the same thing constantly will at some point be correct, if only briefly.
Translations
Finnish joskus se sokeakin kana jyvän löytää, rikkinäinen kellokin on kahdesti päivässä oikeassa
- joskus se sokeakin kana jyvän löytääsomething or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
- rikkinäinen kellokin on kahdesti päivässä oikeassasomething or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
- hullu viisasta neuvoo, viisas villiin tuleesomething or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
French même une pendule cassée donne l'heure deux fois par jour
- même une pendule cassée donne l'heure deux fois par joursomething or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
German auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn
- auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Kornsomething or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
Hungarian vak tyúk is talál szemet
- vak tyúk is talál szemetsomething or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
Polish trafiło się ślepej kurze ziarno
- trafiło się ślepej kurze ziarnosomething or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
Spanish hasta un reloj parado acierta la hora dos veces al día
- hasta un reloj parado acierta la hora dos veces al díasomething or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
Turkish bozuk saat bile günde iki defa doğruyu gösterir
- bozuk saat bile günde iki defa doğruyu gösterirsomething or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
Cite this entry
a stopped clock is right twice a day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/a%20stopped%20clock%20is%20right%20twice%20a%20day
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