"A good marksman may miss"

Posted by Bob on November 15, 2006

In Reply to: "A good marksman may miss" posted by Valeriy on November 15, 2006

: Do you know such a saying "A good marksman may miss"?
: Are there any synonyms?

: Thank you.

It's not in common use, but not unknown. A Google search turns up about 300 instances (not very many) and some of those were references to Russian proverbs. A literary equivalent is "even Homer nods."

• "A good marksman may miss" Valeriy 15/November/06