# Do other languages have as nifty a mnemonic as "righty tighty, lefty loosy"?

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> [@EinsteinsHund](#):
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> meaning something like “after tight there’s broken”

I quite like that one. I’ve had more than one opportunity to warn someone about overtightening bolts (and, occasionally, to curse myself for doing the same).

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