Sod's law en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /sɒdz lɔ/
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Perhaps from unlucky sod.
Meanings
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(UK) The principle that what can go wrong, will go wrong, usually with some observed degree of irony
It was amazing and typical of Sod's Law, the moment I turned for home, the wind direction would not only change, but be the complete reverse.
2013, Allen Carr, The Easy Way to Enjoy Flying, Penguin UK, →ISBN:It's Sod's law that it will rain when going for a picnic.
Synonyms
Translations (3)
fr loi de l'emmerdement maximum (rule — see also Murphy's law) · ru зако́н подлости (rule — see also Murphy's law) · cs zákon schválnosti (rule — see also Murphy's law)