in your (infinite) wisdom
- in your (infinite) wisdom
- in (your/its) (infinite) wisdom
using your or its knowledge or intelligence.
The city government, in its wisdom, decided to close the library and now kids can't use it for research or just plain reading.
When I said we needed a bigger house, my wife replied, in her infinite wisdom, that we did not have enough money.
Usage notes: usually used humorously to show that something was not based on great knowledge or intelligence, as in the examples
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in its (infinite) wisdom — in (your/its) (infinite) wisdom using your or its knowledge or intelligence. The city government, in its wisdom, decided to close the library and now kids can t use it for research or just plain reading. When I said we needed a bigger house, my… … New idioms dictionary
in (infinite) wisdom — in (your/its) (infinite) wisdom using your or its knowledge or intelligence. The city government, in its wisdom, decided to close the library and now kids can t use it for research or just plain reading. When I said we needed a bigger house, my… … New idioms dictionary
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