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и на старуху бывает проруха

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Gruzovik, proverb even the wisest of us can make a mistake
idiom. happens to the best of us (masizonenko); the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry (приблиз. • парафраз из романа "О мышах и людях" (Of Mice and Men) Джона Стейнбека на строку "The best-laid schemes of mice and menGo often askew" из стихотворения "К полевой мыши.../К мыши, разорённой моим плугом" (To a Mouse) Роберта Бёрнса Баян)
Makarov., proverb even Homer sometimes nods
proverb the best cart may be upset; the best cloth may have a moth in it; accidents will happen in the best regulated families; it could happen even to a bishop! (even an experienced person can make mistakes, to err is human); a good marksman may miss; even Homer sometimes nods; every man has a fool in his sleeve; no man is wise at all times; he is lifeless who is faultless; nobody's perfect (Anglophile); it is a good horse that never stumbles. (Gomilon)
saying. homer sometimes nods
И на старуху бывает проруха
idiom. Even monkeys can fall from the trees (okh_m)