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A bad workman blames his tools.
something that you say when someone blames the objects they are using for their own mistakes. 'This oven burns everything.' 'You know what they say, a bad workman blames his tools.'
See also: bad, his, tool

lay the blame on someone/something
to say that someone or something is responsible. The president seemed to lay the blame for the shootings on video games and TV shows.
Related vocabulary: lay something at someone's door
See also: lay


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