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| English | Russian |
| a bad carpenter always blames his tools | плохому танцору и яйца мешают (Shabe) |
| a bad workman always blames his tools | плохому танцору и яйца мешают (Andrey Truhachev) |
| only bad carpenters blame their tools | плохому танцору и яйца мешают (After John spent all day assembling his new desk only to discover it was lopsided, he immediately declared that the package must have contained the wrong pieces. His wife replied, "Only bad carpenters blame their tools, dear."  thefreedictionary.com Shabe) |