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What does the phrase "Best laid plans ofmice and men" mean? Could someone explain?
Jun 8, 2008 11:13 AM
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It means that even the most carefully prepared plans can go wrong. If memory serves me right, it was taken from a very famous poem in the late 1700s.
June 8, 2008
UnoUmiOnNo is right. It comes from the Robert Burns poem - "To a Mouse". 1785.
June 8, 2008
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