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Meaning of a bad workman always blames his tools | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR C2

Definitions

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

Examples

“Never had ill workman good tools.”

“An ill labourer quarrels with his tools.”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

a bird in the hand a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush a boon and a bane a buck's a buck a burnt child dreads the fire a calorie is a calorie