in hindsight Idiom, Proverb
Hindsight is twenty-twenty
After something has gone wrong, it is easy to look back and make criticisms.
twenty-twenty hindsight
twenty-twenty hindsight Knowledge after the fact, as in
With twenty-twenty hindsight, I wouldn't have bought these tickets. This idiom uses
twenty-twenty in the optometrist's sense, that is, “indicating normal vision,” and
hindsight in the sense of “looking back” or “reconsidering.” [First half of 1900s]
in hindsight
Considering or allegory the accomplished with application of the ability that one has now. In hindsight, I can see now that accepting my brother as my acknowledged admonition was unwise. A: "I can't accept I was anytime absorbed in such a egoistic jerk." B: "Don't accusation yourself. Everything is easier to see in hindsight."Learn more: hindsight