"twenty-twenty hindsight" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-twenty-twenty hindsight.ogg
Etymology: From the term visual testing method 20/20 referring to normal visual acuity. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} twenty-twenty hindsight (uncountable)
  1. (idiomatic) Perfect understanding of events only after they have happened. Tags: idiomatic, uncountable Categories (topical): Twenty Related terms: hindsight is 20/20 Translations (perfect understanding of events only after they have happened): 事後孔明 /事后孔明 (si⁶ hau⁶ hung² ming⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 事後諸葛亮 /事后诸葛亮 (shìhòu Zhūgě Liàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 事後諸葛 /事后诸葛 (shìhòu zhūgě) (Chinese Mandarin), utólag okos (Hungarian)
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