hindsight is 20/20
proverbEtymology
From the term 20/20 referring to normal visual acuity.
Definitions
In hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset
In hindsight things are obvious that were not obvious from the outset; one is able to evaluate past choices more clearly than at the time of the choice.
- Honestly? If you would have told me that becoming a professional tennis player might net me a decent supply of free pasta, I would have never begged my mom to quit my lessons. 😭 Hindsight = 20/20.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hindsight is 20/20. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA