Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

if all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
if al-l y-ou've -got is a ham-mer, ev-ery-thing look-s -like a -nail
IPA
81
Scrabble Score
46
Letters
10
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

Alternative form of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

Questions

What does if all you've got is a hammer, everything looks like a nail mean?
Alternative form of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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