Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Proverbs 91. The proverb today is even a
broken clock is right twice a day. Okay. Let's look at the note here. This
proverb could be rephrased as even a stopped clock is right twice a day. So
you could say it's a broken clock or a a stopped clock is right twice a
day. All right. Let's continue. The proverb means even someone that you consider
unreliable to trust their information could be right once in a while, even if
it is by chance. Even if it's just by luck. Of course. The proverb comes from
the fact that a broken clock as long as it still has handles, as long as it has like
a minute handle and an hour handle. As long as the handles are still on it
it is in fact right twice a day. Because the handles will go around the
clock two full times each day. Twice a day it'll be on the correct, it will be
on the correct time even if it is only for one minute each time. So for, for
two minutes during the whole day. You know, twelve hours apart, it'll be on the
correct time. So that's why they say even a stopped clock or a broken clock is
right twice a day. That's what they're saying. Okay. You know
it's meant in a humorous way. It's usually meant in a joking way to say
that well, you know, maybe that person just got lucky that they were
right. So anyway, here's the one example we'll hear for this. I know that
investment analyst called crash, but he is usually wrong. I think he
just got lucky. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. So somebody who would
be kind of criticizing him still even though he was right might still be
criticizing him. Saying well maybe he just got lucky. Maybe he still doesn't know
what he's talking about. Okay. Anyway that's the way you hear it. That's the
way it's usually used. I hope it's clear. I hope you got it. Thank you for your
time. Bye-bye.