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Sod's law, a British culture axiom, states that "if something can go wrong, it will". The law sometimes has a corollary: that the misfortune will happen at "the worst possible time" (Finagle's law). The term is commonly used in the United Kingdom, though in North America, the phrase "Murphy's law" is more popular. The phrase seems to derive, at least in part, from the colloquialism an "unlucky sod"; a term for someone who has had some bad (unlucky) experience, and is usually used as a sympathetic reference to the person.

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  • Sods Gesetz (engl.: Sod's law) ist eine Lebensweisheit, die besagt, dass, wenn eine Sache schiefgehen kann, sie auch schiefgehen wird. Die Phrase ist zum Teil abgeleitet von der umgangssprachlichen Bezeichnung an unlucky sod, „ein unglücklicher“ bzw. „glückloser Kamerad“. Dieser Ausdruck wird im Vereinigten Königreich benutzt, während in Nordamerika der Begriff Murphys Gesetz populärer ist. (de)
  • Sod's law, a British culture axiom, states that "if something can go wrong, it will". The law sometimes has a corollary: that the misfortune will happen at "the worst possible time" (Finagle's law). The term is commonly used in the United Kingdom, though in North America, the phrase "Murphy's law" is more popular. The phrase seems to derive, at least in part, from the colloquialism an "unlucky sod"; a term for someone who has had some bad (unlucky) experience, and is usually used as a sympathetic reference to the person. A slightly different form of Sod's law states that "the degree of failure is in direct proportion to the effort expended and to the need for success." An alternative expression, again in British culture, is "hope for the best, expect the worst". (en)
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  • Sods Gesetz (engl.: Sod's law) ist eine Lebensweisheit, die besagt, dass, wenn eine Sache schiefgehen kann, sie auch schiefgehen wird. Die Phrase ist zum Teil abgeleitet von der umgangssprachlichen Bezeichnung an unlucky sod, „ein unglücklicher“ bzw. „glückloser Kamerad“. Dieser Ausdruck wird im Vereinigten Königreich benutzt, während in Nordamerika der Begriff Murphys Gesetz populärer ist. (de)
  • Sod's law, a British culture axiom, states that "if something can go wrong, it will". The law sometimes has a corollary: that the misfortune will happen at "the worst possible time" (Finagle's law). The term is commonly used in the United Kingdom, though in North America, the phrase "Murphy's law" is more popular. The phrase seems to derive, at least in part, from the colloquialism an "unlucky sod"; a term for someone who has had some bad (unlucky) experience, and is usually used as a sympathetic reference to the person. (en)
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  • Sods Gesetz (de)
  • Sod's law (en)
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