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no plan survives contact with the enemy

idiom

After a plan against an enemy is drafted, there will be unexpected elements from the opposition that will call for improvisation.


Anchors to
Related idioms5entries
  1. 01

    be one's own worst enemy

    To act contrary to one's own interests; to cause problems for oneself; to self-sabotage.

  2. 02

    game plan

    Any strategy devised to reach a given objective.

  3. 03

    let the perfect be the enemy of the good

    To insist on the total realization of a goal and reject any compromise, thereby decreasing the chance of achieving even a part of that goal.

  4. 04

    master plan

    A comprehensive document that sets out an overall strategy; the strategy itself.

  5. 05

    sounds like a plan

    Used to indicate agreement with a proposed suggestion.

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