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A usually unreliable person can be right sometimes, even if it is just by chance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
愚者千慮,必有一得 /愚者千虑
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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Chinese Mandarin:
必有一得
(yúzhěqiānlǜ, bìyǒuyīdé)
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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Finnish:
joskus se sokeakin kana jyvän löytää
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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German:
auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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Hungarian:
vak tyúk is talál szemet
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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Japanese:
下手な鉄砲も数打ちゃ当たる
(heta na teppō mo kazuucha ataru)
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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Polish:
trafiło się ślepej kurze ziarno
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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Russian:
раз в год и палка стреляет
(raz v god i palka streljajet)
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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Swedish:
även en blind höna kan finna ett korn
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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Swedish:
en blind höna hittar också ett korn
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
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Swedish:
en blind höna finner också stundom ett korn
— a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes
