árinni kennir illur ræðari

Icelandic

Etymology

Literally, “to the oar blames a bad rower”, or more loosely translated as “a bad rower blames his oar”.

Proverb

árinni kennir illur ræðari

  1. a bad workman always blames his tools, a poor workman blames his tools
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