to be wise after the event

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• wise after the event — Only too aware of how something could have been avoided, done better, etc, when it has already occurred • • • Main Entry: ↑wise * * * wise after the event british phrase to know what you should have done after something has happened, but not… …   Useful english dictionary

• Wise After the Event — Infobox Album | Name = Wise After the Event Type = Album Artist = Anthony Phillips Released = May, 1978 Recorded = October December, 1977 Genre = Progressive rock Length = 59:40 Label = Passport Records, Virgin Records Producer = Rupert Hine… …   Wikipedia

• wise after the event —    When someone realizes, after something has happened, what could have been done to prevent it from happening, they are wise after the event.     In retrospect, I suppose I should have realized the boy was in difficulty and offered to help, but… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• wise after the event — British to know what you should have done after something has happened, but not while it was happening It doesn t help to be wise after the event …   English dictionary

• it is easy to be wise after the event — Cf. c 1490 P. DE COMMYNES Mémoires (1924) I. I. xvi. Les deux ducz..estoient saiges après le coup (comme l’on dit des Bretons); 1596 T. DANNETT tr. Commynes’ Mémoires I. xvi. These two Dukes were wise after the hurt received (as the common… …   Proverbs new dictionary

• be wise after the event — ► be wise after the event understand and assess something only after its implications have become obvious. Main Entry: ↑wise …   English terms dictionary

• It's easy to be wise after the event. — British, American & Australian, American something that you say which means that it is easy to understand what you could have done to prevent something bad from happening after it has happened. In retrospect I suppose we should have realised that …   New idioms dictionary

• after the event — british phrase after something has happened, when it is too late to change anything It seems obvious now, but that’s being wise after the event. Thesaurus: late or too latesynonym Main entry: event * * * after the eˈvent idiom …   Useful english dictionary

• (be) wise after the event — be ˌwise after the eˈvent idiom (often disapproving) to understand sth, or realize what you should have done, only after sth has happened Main entry: ↑wiseidiom …   Useful english dictionary

• after the event — British after something has happened, when it is too late to change anything It seems obvious now, but that s being wise after the event …   English dictionary

• wise after the event — to realize, after smth has happened, what should (or should not) have been done before it happened …   Idioms and examples