# Healey's law

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. Synonym of law of holes.

## Etymology
After Denis Healey (1917–2015), British politician, who used the adage from the 1980s onward.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/healey-s-law