twenty-twenty hindsight

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proverb

twenty-twenty hindsight (uncountable)

(idiomatic) Perfect understanding of events only after they have happened.

Related terms

hindsight is 20/20

Translations

perfect understanding of events only after they have happened — See also translations at hindsight is 20/20

Hungarian: utólag okos (literally “[to be] clever in retrospect”)

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