a bad workman always blames his tools

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1 English
- 1.1 Alternative forms
- 1.2 Proverb
  - 1.2.1 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative forms

[edit] Proverb

a bad workman always blames his tools

It is not the tools we use which make us good, but rather how we employ them.

[edit] Translations

not the tools but how they're employed

Finnish: kyllä sika syitä löytää, välillä on maa jäässä, välillä kärsä kipeä fi(fi)
French: à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil fr(fr)
Icelandic: árinni kennir illur ræðari is(is)

Russian: плохому танцору и яйца мешают (bad dancer is impeded even by (his own) balls), неча на зеркало пенять, коли рожа крива (don't blame the mirror if your face is skewed)

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