what does the phrase " hind sight 50 50 mean"?
i never really understood that,
does it just mean 50 50 chance?
2006-12-06 20:06:36 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Hindsight means is the understanding that you have of a situation after it's happened.
20/20 refers to vision. If a person has 20/20 vision, they can see perfectly, whereas someone who needs glasses would see 20/40 or 30/50 or something. Hope this helps.
Therefore hindsight (looking back on something that happened) is 20/20 (very clear) now that it's already happened.
2006-12-06 20:09:57 · answer #1 · answered by zarla 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hind sight is 20 20 and that means after the fact you can see the results and exactly what happened as in 20 20 vision is the norm for eye sight.
2006-12-06 20:10:42 · answer #2 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The correct phrase is "Hind sight is 20/20"
It means that you can see perfectly what you SHOULD have done. You made a decision, and looking back at what you have learned, you realize you made the wrong choice.
2006-12-06 20:08:40 · answer #3 · answered by bashnick 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it means when you look at a situation after it has happened everything is perfectly clear. what went wrong, what you should have done
2006-12-06 20:09:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that you now see clearly how it should be, just a bit late.
2006-12-06 20:09:27 · answer #5 · answered by minimouse68 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋