hindsight is 20/20

proverb

Etymology

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

Definitions

  1. 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