"even a blind squirrel can find a nut once in a while" meaning in English

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        "A usually unreliable person can be right sometimes, even if it is just by chance."
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        {
          "word": "a stopped clock is right twice a day"
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        {
          "word": "even a blind pig can find an acorn once in a while"
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          "word": "even a blind squirrel finds an acorn every now and then"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
          "word": "愚者千慮，必有一得"
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          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
          "word": "愚者千虑"
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          "roman": "yúzhěqiānlǜ, bìyǒuyīdé",
          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
          "word": "必有一得"
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          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
          "word": "joskus se sokeakin kana jyvän löytää"
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          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
          "word": "auch ein blindes Huhn findet mal ein Korn"
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          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
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          "roman": "heta na teppō mo kazuucha ataru",
          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
          "word": "下手な鉄砲も数打ちゃ当たる"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
          "word": "trafiło się ślepej kurze ziarno"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raz v god i palka streljajet",
          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
          "word": "раз в год и палка стреляет"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
          "word": "även en blind höna kan finna ett korn"
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          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
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          "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
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      "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
      "word": "愚者千慮，必有一得"
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      "sense": "a usually unreliable person can be right sometimes",
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