Meanings
nountwenty-twenty hindsight (uncountable)
- idiomaticuncountableA perfect understanding of events only after they have happened.
Origin
From the term 20/20 which is used in visual testing to refer to normal visual acuity.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 事後孔明 /事后孔明
- 事後孔明 /事后孔明 (si⁶ hau⁶ hung² ming⁴)perfect understanding of events only after they have happened
Chinese Mandarin 事後諸葛亮 /事后诸葛亮, 事後諸葛 /事后诸葛
- 事後諸葛亮 /事后诸葛亮 (shìhòu Zhūgě Liàng)perfect understanding of events only after they have happened
- 事後諸葛 /事后诸葛 (shìhòu zhūgě)perfect understanding of events only after they have happened
Hungarian utólag okos
- utólag okosperfect understanding of events only after they have happened
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