Question

A bad workman blames his tool

Answer 1

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• Definition: Someone who says his tools or equipment are the reason for his failure must not be very good at what he does.

• People use this expression to talk about a person’s work in his or her profession.
• However, it is also possible to use this idiom to discuss any task that a person completes.
• People use this expression to talk about a person’s work in his or her profession.
• However, it is also possible to use this idiom to discuss any task that a person completes.

Answer 2

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The idea behind the proverb "A bad workman blames his tools" is that, if someone performs a job or task poorly or unsuccessfully, they will usually lay the blame anything except himself. He will put the blame on the quality of his equipment, or other such external factors, rather than take the responsibility for his own failure.

A good workman would take full responsibility for any fault and not try to blame his equipment. Therefore, someone bIaming poor work on his tools is not likely to be a very skilled worker.

In other words, a person who is unskilled cannot do skilled work even with the very best tools available to him. He has little chance of improving himself as he will always blame his tools and not himself.