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if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail

With limited tools, single-minded people apply them inappropriately or indiscriminatelyIf a person is familiar with a certain, single subject/has with them a certain, single instrument, they may have a confirmation bias to believe that it is the answer to/involved in everything.
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Submitted on September 25, 2011

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si todo lo que tienes es un martillo, todo parece un clavo

si tout ce que vous avez est un marteau, tout ressemble à un clou

se tutto ciò che hai è un martello, tutto sembra un chiodo

Hvis alt du har er en hammer, ser alt ut som en spiker

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