accidents will happen

Meaning

accidents will happen

Accidents will happen, even when a project is carefully planned.

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Examples

Boss: You forgot to assign the result of your map!Hacker: Dang, I'm always forgetting my assignations...Boss: And what's that 'goto' doing there?!?Hacker: Er, I guess my finger slipped when I was typing 'getservbyport'...Boss: Ah well, accidents will happen. Maybe we should have picked APL. Larry Wall

Accidents will happen in the best-regulated families. Russian Proverb

Accidents will happen in the best of families. American Proverb

Accidents will happen in the best regulated families. English Proverb

Accidents will happen in the best families. (19th century) English Proverb

Accidents will happen in the best families. English Proverb

Words in the phrase

accidents will happen

Close letter words and terms

accidently accidentologist accidentology accidia accidie accidious