English / proverb
A Stopped Clock Is Right Twice a Day
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Even an untrustworthy, incompetent, or foolish person can occasionally be correct purely by accident
In context
01
Don't praise that fraudster for predicting the stock drop; even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
02
His political analysis happened to be accurate this once, reminding us that a stopped clock is right twice a day.
Synonyms
fluke accuracy,accidental correctness,blind luck
Antonyms
consistently reliable,invariably accurate
Collocations
prove that a stopped clock is right twice a day,like a stopped clock is right twice a day,remember that a stopped clock is right twice a day