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- man plans and God laughs
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?
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Klimentina | | - | Macedonian |
| Andre | | awn-DRAY | English, African American |
| Jace | | JAYS | English |
| Gottschalk | | - | German (Archaic) |
| Karel | | KAH-rəl (Dutch), KAH-rel (Czech) | Dutch, Czech, Slovene |
| Nolan | | NO-lan | Irish, English |