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Ferg | 11:53 Fri 11th Jul 2008 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the next bit of this phrase?
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Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men.
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12:21 Fri 11th Jul 2008
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I'm sure it has something to do with being laid bare?
13:24 Fri 11th Jul 2008
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The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley. Not sure if spelt right, but means often go wrong.
13:43 Fri 11th Jul 2008
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the original is

"the best laid SCHEMES of mice and men
ang aft agley" (go often wrong)

from the poem
To a Mouse by Robert Burns
14:52 Fri 11th Jul 2008
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As Sgeandhu says, but with o' instead of of and gang instead of ang. (Sorry, mate!)
15:52 Fri 11th Jul 2008
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And... actually (in the spirit of Q's pedantry, Robbie Burns' poem is entitled To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough...

But Mousie, thy art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes, o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An'lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!
21:34 Fri 11th Jul 2008

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