a bad workman blames his tools

If someone performs a job or task poorly or unsuccessfully, they will usually lay the blame on the quality of their equipment, or other such external factors, rather than take responsibility for their own failure. When Mary blamed the oven for burning the turkey on Thanksgiving, her husband jokingly replied, "a bad workman always blames his tools."See also: bad, blame, tool, workman

a bad workman blames his tools

People say a bad workman blames his tools when someone says that something they have done is not of good quality because they did not have the correct things to do it with, to mean that it is really because they did not have enough skill. Complaining about the poor script, he added: `But they say a bad workman blames his tools.'See also: bad, blame, tool, workman

a bad workman blames his tools

someone who has done something badly will seek to lay the blame on the equipment rather than admit to their own lack of skill. proverb A similar 13th-century French proverb observed mauveés ovriers ne trovera ja bon hostill , ‘bad workmen will never find a good tool’, and variants of this early saying can be found in English until the mid 19th century until the emergence of the modern version.See also: bad, blame, tool, workman

单词	a bad workman blames his tools
释义	a bad workman blames his tools a bad workman blames his tools If someone performs a job or task poorly or unsuccessfully, they will usually lay the blame on the quality of their equipment, or other such external factors, rather than take responsibility for their own failure. When Mary blamed the oven for burning the turkey on Thanksgiving, her husband jokingly replied, "a bad workman always blames his tools."See also: bad, blame, tool, workman a bad workman blames his tools People say a bad workman blames his tools when someone says that something they have done is not of good quality because they did not have the correct things to do it with, to mean that it is really because they did not have enough skill. Complaining about the poor script, he added: `But they say a bad workman blames his tools.'See also: bad, blame, tool, workman a bad workman blames his tools someone who has done something badly will seek to lay the blame on the equipment rather than admit to their own lack of skill. proverb A similar 13th-century French proverb observed mauveés ovriers ne trovera ja bon hostill , ‘bad workmen will never find a good tool’, and variants of this early saying can be found in English until the mid 19th century until the emergence of the modern version.See also: bad, blame, tool, workman
随便看	new york fried chicken new york fries new york functional classifications new york functional furniture new york futures exchange new york futures exchange (nyfe) new york future stars new york gang investigators association new york garbage truck cycle new york garden trust new york gay football league new york genealogical and biographical record new york genealogical and biographical society new york general obligations law new york geocaching organization new york geographic alliance new york german press new york ghost hunting team new york giants new york giants historical society new york glaucoma research institute new york global securities, inc. new york golf center new york gospel outreach new york grand kitchen