Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 91. The proverb today is even a broken clock is right twice a day. Okay. Let's look at the note here. This proverb could be rephrased as even a stopped clock is right twice a day. So you could say it's a broken clock or a a stopped clock is right twice a day. All right. Let's continue. The proverb means even someone that you consider unreliable to trust their information could be right once in a while, even if it is by chance. Even if it's just by luck. Of course. The proverb comes from the fact that a broken clock as long as it still has handles, as long as it has like a minute handle and an hour handle. As long as the handles are still on it it is in fact right twice a day. Because the handles will go around the clock two full times each day. Twice a day it'll be on the correct, it will be on the correct time even if it is only for one minute each time. So for, for two minutes during the whole day. You know, twelve hours apart, it'll be on the correct time. So that's why they say even a stopped clock or a broken clock is right twice a day. That's what they're saying. Okay. You know it's meant in a humorous way. It's usually meant in a joking way to say that well, you know, maybe that person just got lucky that they were right. So anyway, here's the one example we'll hear for this. I know that investment analyst called crash, but he is usually wrong. I think he just got lucky. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. So somebody who would be kind of criticizing him still even though he was right might still be criticizing him. Saying well maybe he just got lucky. Maybe he still doesn't know what he's talking about. Okay. Anyway that's the way you hear it. That's the way it's usually used. I hope it's clear. I hope you got it. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.
A2 US clock broken day proverb criticizing stopped English Tutor Nick P Proverbs (91) Even a Broken Clock is Right Twice a Day 16 0 anitawu12 posted on 2019/06/19 More Share Save Report Video vocabulary