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1 hindsight
noun* * *(wisdom or knowledge got only after something (usually bad) has happened: In hindsight, we should have acted differently.) späte Einsicht* * *ˈhind·sightn no plbut with [the benefit of] \hindsight I see how naive I was... jetzt weiß ich natürlich, wie naiv ich warin \hindsight im Nachhinein* * *['haIndsaɪt]nnow with the benefit or wisdom of hindsight — hinterher or im Nachhinein ist man ja immer schlauer
with hindsight it's easy to criticize — hinterher or im Nachhinein ist es leicht zu kritisieren
it was, in hindsight, a mistaken judgement — es war, rückblickend betrachtet, ein Fehlurteil
* * *1. MIL → academic.ru/60579/rear_sight">rear sight2. nachträgliche Einsicht:with hindsight im Nachhinein (betrachtet);hindsight is easier than foresight (Sprichwort) hinterher ist man fast immer klüger als vorher, pej a. hinterher kann man leicht klüger sein als vorher* * *nounin hindsight, with [the benefit of] hindsight — im nachhinein
* * *n.Rückblick m.
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