English Explanatory Dictionary

a bad workman always blames his tools

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. It is not the tools we use that make us good, but rather how we employ them.
  2. Upon failure, it is easier to blame the tools used rather than how they were employed.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-a bad workman always blames his tools.wav

Word forms

a bad workman always blames his tools a bad carpenter blames his tools a poor workman blames his tools

Translations

Bengali: নাচতে না জানলে উঠান বাঁকা Bulgarian: на калпав майстор инструментът му е крив Chinese Cantonese: 屙屎唔出賴地硬 /屙屎唔出赖地硬 Chinese Cantonese: 賴地硬 /赖地硬 Hakka Chinese: 唔識字怨爺娘，唔會賺錢怨屋場 /唔识字怨爷娘 Hakka Chinese: 唔会赚钱怨屋场 Chinese: 𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎 /𫧃晓驶船嫌溪弯 Chinese: 𣍐曉駛船嫌溪狹 /𫧃晓驶船嫌溪狭 Chinese Mandarin: 拉不出屎來賴茅坑 /拉不出屎来赖茅坑 Chinese Mandarin: 尿不準怪馬桶歪 /尿不准怪马桶歪 Dutch: een kwaad werkman heeft altijd slecht getuig Finnish: kyllä sika syitä löytää, välillä on maa jäässä, välillä kärsä kipeä French: à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil French: un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils German: wenn der Reiter nichts taugt, hat das Pferd Schuld German: ein schlechter Handwerker schimpft immer auf sein Werkzeug Hindi: नाच न जाने आँगन टेढ़ा Icelandic: árinni kennir illur ræðari Indonesian: buruk muka cermin dibelah Irish: droch-cheardaí a chuireann an milleán ar a chuid uirlisí Irish: ní thig a sháith de chorrán a thabhairt do dhrochbhuanaí Japanese: 弘法筆を選ばず Korean: 나쁜 일꾼은 제 공구를 탓한다 Malay: تق تاهو مناري دکاتاکن لنتاي جوڠکڠ-جوڠکيت Malay: تق تاهو مناري دکاتاکن تانه تيڠݢي رنده Malay: تق تاهو مڠاڽم ڤندن دسالهکن Malay: tak tahu menari dikatakan lantai jongkang-jongket Malay: tak tahu menari dikatakan tanah tinggi rendah Malay: tak tahu menganyam pandan disalahkan Marathi: नाचता येइना अंगण वाकडे Nepali: नाच्न नजान्ने आँगन टेडो Dari: پهلوان که باخت میگه نیرو من تنگ بود Polish: złej baletnicy przeszkadza rąbek spódnicy Scottish Gaelic: cha d'fhuair droch-bhuannaiche a-riamh deagh-chorran Scottish Gaelic: cha d'fhuair droch-ràmhaich ràmh math a-riamh Thai: รำไม่ดีโทษปี่โทษกลอง Urdu: ناچ نہ جانے آنگن ٹیڑھا Vietnamese: vụng múa chê đất lệch
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