twenty-twenty hindsight

English

Etymology

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

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Noun

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 hindsight is 20/20

Chinese:
Cantonese: 事後孔明／事后孔明 (si⁶ hau⁶ hung² ming⁴)

Mandarin: 事後諸葛亮／事后诸葛亮 (zh) (shìhòu Zhūgě Liàng), 事後諸葛／事后诸葛 (shìhòu zhūgě)
Hungarian: utólag okos (literally “[to be] clever in retrospect”)

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