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when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.85 in modern English

Syllables
when al-l y-ou have is a ham-mer, ev-ery-thing look-s -like a -nail
IPA
87
Scrabble Score
47
Letters
9
Syllables
17
Unique Chars

Meaning

proverb

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

Questions

What does when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail mean?
Synonym of if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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