Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

if your only tool is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.77 in modern English

Syllables
if y-our on-ly -tool is a ham-mer, then ev-ery prob-lem look-s -like a -nail
IPA
92
Scrabble Score
53
Letters
10
Syllables
18
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

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

Synonyms

if all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail

Questions

What does if your only tool is a hammer, then every problem looks like a nail mean?
Synonym of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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