a stopped clock is right twice a day

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9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: joskus se sokeakin kana jyvän löytää — something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
• Finnish: rikkinäinen kellokin on kahdesti päivässä oikeassa — something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
• Finnish: hullu viisasta neuvoo, viisas villiin tulee — something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
• French: même une pendule cassée donne l'heure deux fois par jour — something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
• German: auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn — something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
• Hungarian: vak tyúk is talál szemet — something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
• Polish: trafiło się ślepej kurze ziarno — something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
• Spanish: hasta un reloj parado acierta la hora dos veces al día — something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident
• Turkish: bozuk saat bile günde iki defa doğruyu gösterir — something or someone unreliable is right sometimes, even by accident