"Sod's law" meaning in English

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          "text": "It's Sod's law that it will rain when going for a picnic.",
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          "text": "It was amazing and typical of Sod's Law, the moment I turned for home, the wind direction would not only change, but be the complete reverse.",
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        "The principle that what can go wrong, will go wrong, usually with some observed degree of irony"
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        "(chiefly UK) The principle that what can go wrong, will go wrong, usually with some observed degree of irony"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "rule — see also Murphy's law",
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          "word": "zákon schválnosti"
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          "sense": "rule — see also Murphy's law",
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          "word": "loi de l’emmerdement maximum"
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          "roman": "zakón podlosti",
          "sense": "rule — see also Murphy's law",
          "word": "зако́н подлости"
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          "note": "ley de la indefectible mala voluntad de los objectos inanimados",
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        "The principle that what can go wrong, will go wrong, usually with some observed degree of irony"
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        "(chiefly UK) The principle that what can go wrong, will go wrong, usually with some observed degree of irony"
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      "word": "loi de l’emmerdement maximum"
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      "sense": "rule — see also Murphy's law",
      "word": "зако́н подлости"
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