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Meaning of Murphy's law in English

Murphy's law
noun [ U ]
  humorous
uk
/ˌmɜː.fiz ˈlɔː/ us
/ˌmɝː.fiz ˈlɑː/
(UK offensive also Sod's law)
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the principle that if it is possible for something to go wrong, it will go wrong:
The bus is always late but today when I was late it came on time - that's Murphy's law!
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(Definition of Murphy's law from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Murphy's Law | Business English

Murphy's Law
noun [ U ]
  humorous
uk
us
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the principle that if it is possible for something to go wrong, it will go wrong:
Any experienced conference organiser will have most of the techniques for coping with Murphy's Law.
(Definition of Murphy's law from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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in Chinese (Traditional)
莫非定律（一種認為凡有可能出差錯的事終將出差錯的論斷）…
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in Chinese (Simplified)
墨菲法则（一种认为凡有可能出差错的事终将出差错的论断）…
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in Spanish
el principio según el cual si algo puede salir mal, sale mal seguro…
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