To many this seems like a very puzzling proverb; however, it turns out to be one of the most powerful proverbs that is applicable to today. Mr. Leopold Kosiner (now deceased), the father-in-law of Barry Kaplan, explained it to him. He told him that it means that, much more often than expected, when the numbers, such as 7, 17, 27, 70, 77, 700, etc. are stated or appear in print, they are not correct. This fact seems to apply to all societies and cultures worldwide and almost no persons, newspaperhttps://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Yiddish_proverbs