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has-alpha-channel-opacity has-custom-dark-grey-background-color has-background is-style-wide" style=margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)><div class="wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style=flex-basis:60%><div class=content-sections-block><div class="content-section content-section-type-meaning"><h2>What's the meaning of the phrase 'The best laid schemes of mice and men'?</h2><div class=section-content><p>The most carefully prepared plans may go wrong.</div></div></div><div class=content-sections-block><div class="content-section content-section-type-origin"><h2>What's the origin of the phrase 'The best laid schemes of mice and men'?</h2><div class=section-content><figure><figcaption>John Steinbeck took the title for<br>his novel from the ‘The best laid<br>schemes of mice and men’ line<br>in Robert Burns’ poem ‘To a Mouse’.</figcaption></figure><p>From Robert Burns’ poem <em>To a Mouse</em>, 1786. It tells of how he, while ploughing a field, upturned a mouse’s nest. The resulting poem is an apology to the mouse:<blockquote><p>Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim’rous beastie,<br>O, what a panic’s in thy breastie!<br>Thou need na start awa sae hasty,<br>Wi’ bickerin brattle!<br>I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee<br>Wi’ murd’ring pattle!<p>I’m truly sorry Man’s dominion<br>Has broken Nature’s social union,<br>An’ justifies that ill opinion,<br>Which makes thee startle,<br>At me, thy poor, earth-born companion,<br>An’ fellow-mortal!<p>I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;<br>What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!<br>A daimen-icker in a thrave<br>’S a sma’ request:<br>I’ll get a blessin wi’ the lave,<br>An’ never miss ’t!<p>Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!<br>It’s silly wa’s the win’s are strewin!<br>An’ naething, now, to big a new ane,<br>O’ foggage green!<br>An’ bleak December’s winds ensuin,<br>Baith snell an’ keen!<p>Thou saw the fields laid bare an’ waste,<br>An’ weary Winter comin fast,<br>An’ cozie here, beneath the blast,<br>Thou thought to dwell,<br>Till crash! the cruel coulter past<br>Out thro’ thy cell.<p>That wee-bit heap o’ leaves an’ stibble<br>Has cost thee monie a weary nibble!<br>Now thou’s turn’d out, for a’ thy trouble,<br>But house or hald,<br>To thole the Winter’s sleety dribble,<br>An’ cranreuch cauld!<p>But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,<br>In proving foresight may be vain:<br><strong>The best laid schemes o’ Mice an’ Men</strong><br>Gang aft agley,<br>An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain,<br>For promis’d joy!<p>Still, thou art blest, compar’d wi’ me!<br>The present only toucheth thee:<br>But Och! I backward cast my e’e,<br>On prospects drear!<br>An’ forward tho’ I canna see,<br>I guess an’ fear!</blockquote><p>Here’s a modern-day version of Burns’ poem, written in plain English:<blockquote><p>Small, crafty, cowering, timorous little beast,<br>Oh, what a panic is in your breast!<br>You need not start away so hasty<br>With your hurrying scamper I<br>would be loath to run and chase you,<br>With murdering plough-staff.<p>I’m truly sorry man’s dominion<br>Has broken Nature’s social union,<br>And justifies that ill opinion<br>Which makes you startle<br>At me, your poor, earth born companion<br>And fellow mortal!<p>I doubt not, sometimes, but you may steal;<br>What then? Poor little beast, you must live!<br>An odd ear in twenty-four sheaves<br>Is a small request;<br>I will get a blessing with what is left,<br>And never miss it.<p>Your small house, too, in ruin!<br>Its feeble walls the winds are scattering!<br>And nothing now, to build a new one,<br>Of coarse grass green!<br>And bleak December’s winds coming,<br>Both bitter and piercing!<p>You saw the fields laid bare and wasted,<br>And weary winter coming fast,<br>And cozy here, beneath the blast,<br>You thought to dwell,<br>Till crash! the cruel plough passed<br>Out through your cell.<p>That small bit heap of leaves and stubble,<br>Has cost you many a weary nibble!<br>Now you are turned out, for all your trouble,<br>Without house or holding,<br>To endure the winter’s sleety dribble,<br>And hoar-frost cold.<p>But little Mouse, you are not alone,<br>In proving foresight may be vain:<br><strong>The best laid schemes of mice and men</strong><br>Go often askew,<br>And leave us nothing but grief and pain,<br>For promised joy!<p>Still you are blessed, compared with me!<br>The present only touches you:<br>But oh! I backward cast my eye,<br>On prospects dreary!<br>And forward, though I cannot see,<br>I guess and fear!</blockquote><p>John Steinbeck’s 1937 novel <em>Of Mice and Men</em> revolves around the notion that, whatever careful plans are made, things don’t always go as expected. It took both its title and its theme from Burns’ poem.<p>Eric Idle also referenced the poem in his Monty Python sketch <em>Word Association Football</em>. He extended the line:<blockquote><p>Influences the manner in which we speak.</blockquote><p>to:<blockquote><p>Influences the manner from heaven in which we sleekit cowering timrous beasties all-American Speke, the famous explorer.</blockquote><p>See also: the <a href=/meanings/proverbs.html>List of Proverbs</a>.</div></div></div><h2 class="wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size">Related phrases and meanings</h2><ul class=related-links><li><a href=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/animal-phrases.html title=Animals>Animals</a><li><a href=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/proverbs.html title=Proverbs>Proverbs</a><li><a href=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/quotations.html title=Quotations>Quotations</a></ul><h2 class="wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size">Browse more Phrases</h2><ul class=related-links><li><a href=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-bees-knees.html title="The bee’s knees">The bee’s knees</a><li><a href=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/belle-of-the-ball.html title="The belle of the ball">The belle of the ball</a><li>The best laid schemes of mice and men<li><a href=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/64200.html title="The Big Apple">The Big Apple</a><li><a href=https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/64350.html title="The big cheese">The big cheese</a></ul><h2 class="wp-block-heading has-contrast-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size">About the Author</h2><div class="entry-content wp-block-post-content is-layout-flow wp-block-post-content-is-layout-flow phrases-author-block"><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-column-is-layout-constrained phrases-author-photo" style=flex-basis:25%><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img width=350 height=394 src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=%22http://www.w3.org/2000/svg%22%20width=%22350%22%20height=%22394%22%3E%3C/svg%3E" class="ezlazyload attachment-full size-full" alt="Gary Martin is a writer and researcher on the origins of phrases and the creator of the Phrase Finder website. 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