A lot of meaning can be packed into a sentence. Proverbs are usually well

known sentences that contain a lot of wisdom. Every proverb contains the

packed wisdom of many generations. We can explain the meaning of such a

sentence by expanding the sentence into a paragraph.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

A bad workman always quarrels with his tools

When a man does not know how to do his work properly, he blames his

tools. If a boy's handwriting is bad, he says that his pen is bad. He is not

willing to blame himself for his bad handwriting. There is a proverb which

says that an incompetent dancer blames the unevenness of the floor for her

bad dancing. Similarly a bad batsman blames his bat for his bad batting.

Conversely a good workman does his job well even if his tools are not of the

best quality.
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