Sod's law

The axiom that if something can go wrong, it will. (Known as "Murphy's Law" in North America.) Primarily heard in UK. The manager always tries to anticipate Sod's law, having us prepare for anything that could possibly go wrong on a project.

ˌSod’s ˈLaw

(British English, humorous) the tendency for things to happen in just the way that you do not want, and in a way that is not useful: The band always plays better when they’re not being recorded — but that’s Sod’s Law, isn’t it?

See also: law

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See also:

Murphy's law
measure twice and cut once
measure twice, cut once
bargain on
bargain on (something)
have (got) (one's) number
have somebody's number
have someone's number
plan on (something)
in for

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