best laid plans

best laid plans
A proverbial expression used to signify the futility of making detailed plans when the outcome is uncertain.

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  • Best Laid Plans — Título El engaño Un plan perfecto Ficha técnica Dirección Mike Barker Guion Ted Griffin Música …   Wikipedia Español

  • Best Laid Plans — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Best Laid Plans Produktionsland USA …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Best Laid Plans — Infobox Film name = Best Laid Plans caption = Best Laid Plans promotional movie poster director = Mike Barker producer = eproducer = aproducer = writer = starring = music = cinematography = editing = distributor = released = 1999 runtime =… …   Wikipedia

  • best laid plans — See the best laid plans …   English idioms

  • Best Laid Plans (album) — Infobox Album Name = Best Laid Plans Type = Album Artist = Sandra McCracken Released = 2004 Recorded = Genre = Singer Songwriter Length = 41:10 Label = Independent / Shell Records (UK) Producer = Peter Collins Reviews = * Christianity Today [http …   Wikipedia

  • the best-laid plans of mice and men go oft astray — plans are not guaranteed, plans sometimes do not work out    If this boat sinks, we ll say, The best laid plans of mice and men go oft astray …   English idioms

  • the best-laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley — ► the best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley proverb even the most careful planning doesn t necessarily ensure success. Main Entry: ↑best …   English terms dictionary

  • The Best Laid Plans — is a 1997 novel by Sidney Sheldon. Possible inspiration for the title comes from a paraphrasing of the Robert Burns poem To a Mouse into modern English.Plot summaryOliver Russell, a man with a desire for power, is fated to rise to the highest… …   Wikipedia

  • the best-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley — Often used allusively in shortened form (see quot. 1911). Gang aft agley means ‘often go awry’. 1786 BURNS Poems 140 The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men, Gang aft agley. 1911 D. H. LAWRENCE Letter 21 Sept. (1979) I. 305 I am sorry the… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • best — ► ADJECTIVE 1) of the most excellent or desirable type or quality. 2) most suitable, appropriate, or sensible. ► ADVERB 1) to the highest degree; most. 2) to the highest standard. 3) most suitably, appropriately, or sensibly. ► …   English terms dictionary

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