Sod's law
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Sod’s law is bearing down on India today.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2017
This is the conclusion of a scientific investigation into what might be described as Sod’s law of shoelaces.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 11, 2017
Thus, in what might be called the Sod’s law of fund management, a fund’s worst year will probably occur when it is at its biggest.
From Economist ● Oct. 2, 2014
Sod's law therefore suggests they're bound to soon lose a game they really deserved to win 7-0.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 5, 2011
Sod's law dictated that Warrington would therefore make it to the final – their first since 1990.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 27, 2010
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