hindsight is 20/20

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From the term 20/20 referring to normal visual acuity.

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Chinese Cantonese: 馬後炮 /马后炮 (maa5 hau6 paau3) — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Chinese Cantonese: 有早知,冇乞兒 /有早知 — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Chinese Mandarin: 事後諸葛亮 /事后诸葛亮 (shìhòu Zhūgě Liàng) — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Chinese Mandarin: 馬後炮 /马后炮 (mǎhòupào) — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Czech: po bitvě je každý generál — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Danish: i bagklogskabens klare lys — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Finnish: jälkiviisaus on helppoa — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• German: hinterher ist man immer klüger — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Hebrew: כולם חכמים בדיעבד — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Hebrew: במבט לאחור רואים הכול שש־שש — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Hebrew: במבט לאחור כולנו חכמים — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Hebrew: חוכמה לאחר מעשה — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Hungarian: utólag könnyű okosnak lenni — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Italian: del senno di poi son piene le fosse — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Latvian: pēc kara visi gudri — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Latvian: pēc kaujas visi gudri — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Norwegian: det er lett å være etterpåklok — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Polish: mądry Polak po szkodzie — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Portuguese: depois que a onça já está morta, todo caçador é valente — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Russian: гром не гря́нет — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Spanish: después de la batalla somos todos generales — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Swedish: efterklokhet — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Swedish: det är lätt att vara efterklok — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Ukrainian: по шко́ді всі му́дрі (po škódi vsi múdri) — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
• Yiddish: אחר־המעשׂה איז יעדערער אַ חכם (akher-hamayse iz yederer a khokhem) — in hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset