even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while

English

Alternative forms

• even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then
• even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every once in a while

Proverb

even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while

1. A usually unreliable person can be right sometimes, even if it is just by chance.

Synonyms

• a stopped clock is right twice a day, even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while

Translations

a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 愚者千慮，必有一得 / 愚者千虑，必有一得 (yúzhěqiānlǜ, bìyǒuyīdé)

• Finnish: joskus se sokeakin kana jyvän löytää (literally “sometimes a blind chicken finds a corn”)
• German: auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn (de)
• Hungarian: vak tyúk is talál szemet (hu)
• Japanese: 下手な鉄砲も数打ちゃ当たる (heta na teppō mo kazuucha ataru)
• Polish: trafiło się ślepej kurze ziarno (pl)
• Russian: раз в год и палка стреляет (raz v god i palka streljajet)
• Swedish: även en blind höna kan finna ett korn, en blind höna hittar också ett korn, en blind höna finner också stundom ett korn

See also

• every dog has its day