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man plans and God laughs

man plans and God laughs

A phrase that criticizes people's tendency to make plans, as there is no guarantee that plans will work out. I used to make itineraries for our vacations, but nothing ever went as I had planned. Man plans and God laughs, right?
See also: and, god, laugh, man, plan

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Andriyahn-DREEYUkrainian
BleddynBLEDH-inWelsh
AbdÜLkadİR-Turkish
BrÎSka-Kurdish
VinceVINTS (English), VEEN-tse (Hungarian)English, Hungarian
Phares-Biblical Greek, Biblical Latin
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