20/20 hindsight

perfect foresight of what has already happened

Howard said that he knew that there would be an attempted assassination. Such knowledge is a good example of of 20/20 hindsight.

by The Return of Light Joker May 30, 2008

It’s All Fair in Hindsight

When looking back at an event and thinking that no matter how wrong it went, it was still a fair experience

‘It’s all fair in hindsight!’

‘Dude you’re the only person I know who’s injured themselves in an Ambulance’

by IdiotIdioms January 18, 2020

Hindsight is 20/20

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Hindsight is 20/20!

by bernieisgay February 26, 2017

Hindsight is 20/20

But looking back it's still a bit fuzzy

Hindsight is 20/20

by UltimateDoge April 3, 2023

Hindsight is 20/20

A nonsensical way to express the idea that it's easy to see what the right course of action was, when the dust has settled.

20/20 vision is 50th percentile, average. It's mediocre. It means you can see at 20 feet what the average, middle-of-the-line person can see at 20 feet. Hindsight (perfect deduction) is the opposite of that. It's flawless. Properly expressed, to make any sense and actually convey the intended meaning, it would be "Hindsight is 20/0".

Stop saying this nonsense bullshit.

"Don't beat yourself up about it, hindsight is 20/20"

by conor147cfc April 23, 2018

postmute-hindsight

A situation in which a person is unable to speak in a situation, therefore perceiving negative consequences such as shame, social ostracism or even punishment. Thus the person regrets the silence in hindsight

It must be hard of Kenny. He couldn't talk to his teacher. He told me he had a postmute-hindsight

by AgileIndex October 16, 2015

foreman hindsight

a friend or family member who never lifted a finger to help with any kind of project but as soon as it's done they will look at the finished product and pick out whats wrong with it or what you could of done better.

Joe and i finished up building the new deck but then ken showed up and told us we used the wrong wood and screws so the deck would be rotted and falling apart by next winter. he was a real foreman hindsight.

by alberto89 December 27, 2020