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单词 when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras
释义

when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras

English

Alternative forms

  • when you hear hoofbeats, think horses, not zebras
  • when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras

Etymology

Coined in the late 1940s by Dr. Theodore Woodward, professor at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Proverb

when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras

  1. (medicine, informal) When diagnosing a patient's symptoms, common ailments should be considered as more probable than rare ones.
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