senno di poi

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “judgment/wisdom of afterwards”.

Noun

senno di poi m (plural senni di poi)

  1. hindsight
    • 2018 December 18, Claudia Morgoglione, “I sette peccati capitali del grande Gatsby [The seven deadly sins of The Great Gatsby]”, in la Repubblica‎[1]:
      Perché i suoi romanzi e racconti, soprattutto se letti col senno di poi, ci dicono tanto sull'America di allora e di oggi.
      Because his novels and short stories, especially if read in hindsight, tell us a lot about the America of back then and of nowadays.

Usage notes

A common proverb is as follows: del senno di poi sono pieni i fossi (there's trenches full of hindsight), meaning that it's extremely easy to offer advice about things after they have happened.

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