a bad workman blames his tools
UK sayingsaid when someone has blamed a mistake or failure on the things that they use to work
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Blaming & accusing
- accusation
- accusatory
- accusing
- allegation
- attribute
- attribution
- carry
- chalk sth up
- charge
- contributory negligence
- face the music idiom
- finger-pointing
- frame
- hang
- haul sb up
- have sb to thank (for sth) idiom
- indictment
- opprobrium
- recrimination
- stitch sb up
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