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Murphy’s Law
Mur·phy's Law


noun 
Definition:
 
North America law of low expectations: the law or principle that if anything can go wrong, it will ( informal )

[Mid-20th century. After Edward A. Murphy (b. 1917), U.S. engineer]
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