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if all you have is a ham·mer, ev·e·ry·thing looks like a nail
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if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nailproverb
With limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminately
if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nailproverb
If a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything.
Etymology: Likely traditional. In this form, perhaps from Abraham Maslow, The Psychology of Science, 1966, p. 15 and his earlier book
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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- si todo lo que tienes es un martillo, todo parece un clavoSpanish
- si tout ce que vous avez est un marteau, tout ressemble à un clouFrench
- más casúr é gach a bhfuil agat, tá cuma ingne ar gach rudIrish
- se tutto ciò che hai è un martello, tutto sembra un chiodoItalian
- あなたが持っているすべてをハンマーであれば、すべてが釘のように見えますJapanese
- 네가 가진 모든 것이 망치라면 모든 것이 못처럼 보일거야.Korean
- als je alleen een hamer hebt, ziet alles eruit als een spijkerDutch
- se tudo que você tem é um martelo, tudo parece um pregoPortuguese
- если все, что у вас есть, это молоток, все выглядит как гвоздьRussian
- உங்களுக்கு ஒரு சுத்தமாக இருந்தால் எல்லாம் ஒரு ஆணி போல தோன்றுகிறதுTamil
- మీకు అన్నింటినీ ఒక సుత్తి ఉంటే, ప్రతిదీ ఒక మేకుకు కనిపిస్తుందిTelugu
- Sahip olduğun tek şey bir çekiçse, her şey çivi gibiTurkish
- 如果你只有一把錘子，一切看起來都像釘子Chinese
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