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
Dominikdaw-MEE-neek (Polish), DO-mi-nik (German)Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Polish, German, Hungarian, Croatian
Mailys-French
PresleyPRES-leeEnglish
UllaOOL-lah (Finnish)Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, German
DollyDAHL-eeEnglish
Flavianoflah-VYAH-noItalian