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Sentence #3786039

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 Tickler Tickler January 26, 2015 January 26, 2015 at 5:11:58 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

This is sort of a joke I heard a couple of times. I cannot imagine and could not find any evidence that to be a sentence by Hermann Hesse!

MTC MTC January 26, 2015 January 26, 2015 at 6:40:54 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

This ought to be linked to #1205816 and #3016204 (as far as I can tell, these are currently three entirely seperate sentence clusters).

At least in English, this a reasonably well‐known idiom.

Tickler Tickler January 26, 2015 January 26, 2015 at 7:20:06 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

I see. But still it has nothing to do with Hermann Hesse.

Guybrush88 Guybrush88 January 27, 2015 January 27, 2015 at 8:33:25 AM UTC flag Report link Permalink

i once heard of it attributed to Herman Hesse, but I guess that was wrong

Tickler Tickler January 27, 2015 January 27, 2015 at 1:37:28 PM UTC flag Report link Permalink

Yes :)

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Anche un orologio fermo segna l'ora giusta due volte al giorno.

added by Guybrush88, January 21, 2015
➜ #3800853Auch eine defekte Uhr zeigt zweimal am Tag die richtige Zeit an.

linked by Tickler, January 26, 2015
➜ #3800860אפילו שעון מקולקל מראה את השעה הנכונה פעמיים ביום.

linked by Eldad, January 26, 2015
➜ #3800862Ankaŭ difektita horloĝo montras la ĝustan horon dufoje tage.

linked by Eldad, January 26, 2015
➜ #3800862Ankaŭ difektita horloĝo montras la ĝustan horon dufoje tage.

unlinked by Eldad, January 26, 2015
➜ #3016204Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

linked by Guybrush88, January 27, 2015
➜ #1205816Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

linked by Guybrush88, January 27, 2015
➜ #6853297Egy álló óra is naponta kétszer a pontos időt mutatja.

linked by mraz, April 23, 2018
➜ #11689602Zelfs een kapotte klok geeft tweemaal per dag de juiste tijd aan.

linked by Adelpa, April 17, 2023
➜ #11689603Auch eine kaputte Uhr zeigt zweimal am Tag die richtige Zeit.

linked by Adelpa, April 17, 2023
➜ #11691681Même une montre cassée donne l'heure exacte deux fois par jour.

linked by Adelpa, April 18, 2023
➜ #11691691Tudi pokvarjena ura dvakrat na dan kaže pravilen čas.

linked by Adelpa, April 18, 2023