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Ferg | 11:53 Fri 11th Jul 2008 | Phrases & Sayings
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What is the next bit of this phrase?
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I'm sure it has something to do with being laid bare?
The best laid plans of mice and men gang aft agley. Not sure if spelt right, but means often go wrong.
the original is

"the best laid SCHEMES of mice and men
ang aft agley" (go often wrong)

from the poem
To a Mouse by Robert Burns
As Sgeandhu says, but with o' instead of of and gang instead of ang. (Sorry, mate!)
And... actually (in the spirit of Q's pedantry, Robbie Burns' poem is entitled To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough...

But Mousie, thy art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be vain;
The best-laid schemes, o' mice an' men
Gang aft agley,
An'lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,
For promis'd joy!

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