"a bad workman always blames his tools" meaning in English

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          "text": "Never had ill workman good tools.",
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        "It is not the tools we use that make us good, but rather how we employ them."
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
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          "roman": "nacote na janle uṭhan bãka",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "নাচতে না জানলে উঠান বাঁকা"
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          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "屙屎唔出賴地硬"
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          "roman": "o¹ si² m⁴ ceot¹ laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶",
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          "word": "屙屎唔出赖地硬"
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          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "唔識字怨爺娘，唔會賺錢怨屋場"
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          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "拉不出屎來賴茅坑"
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          "roman": "lā bù chū shǐ lái lài máokēng",
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          "word": "拉不出屎来赖茅坑"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "尿不準怪馬桶歪"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "尿不准怪马桶歪"
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          "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
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          "roman": "bōe-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khoe oan",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "𫧃晓驶船嫌溪弯"
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          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "𣍐曉駛船嫌溪狹"
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          "roman": "bōe-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khoe oe̍h",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "een kwaad werkman heeft altijd slecht getuig"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "kyllä sika syitä löytää, välillä on maa jäässä, välillä kärsä kipeä"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "if the rider is no good, it's the horse's fault",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "wenn der Reiter nichts taugt, hat das Pferd Schuld"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "ein schlechter Handwerker schimpft immer auf sein Werkzeug"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "nāc na jāne āṅgan ṭeṛhā",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "नाच न जाने आँगन टेढ़ा"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "is",
          "english": "a bad rower blames his oar",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "árinni kennir illur ræðari"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "droch-cheardaí a chuireann an milleán ar a chuid uirlisí"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "ní thig a sháith de chorrán a thabhairt do dhrochbhuanaí"
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          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "kōbō fude o erabazu",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "弘法筆を選ばず"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nappeun ilkkuneun je gonggureul tathanda",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "나쁜 일꾼은 제 공구를 탓한다"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "tags": [
            "Jawi"
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          "word": "تق تاهو مناري دکاتاکن لنتاي جوڠکڠ-جوڠکيت"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
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          "word": "تق تاهو مناري دکاتاکن تانه تيڠݢي رنده"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ms",
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          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "تق تاهو مڠاڽم ڤندن دسالهکن"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "tags": [
            "Rumi"
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          "word": "tak tahu menari dikatakan lantai jongkang-jongket"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ms",
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          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
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          "word": "tak tahu menari dikatakan tanah tinggi rendah"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
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          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
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          "word": "tak tahu menganyam pandan disalahkan"
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          "code": "mr",
          "lang": "Marathi",
          "roman": "nāctā yeinā aṅgaṇ vākḍe",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "नाचता येइना अंगण वाकडे"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Dari",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "پهلوان که باخت میگه نیرو من تنگ بود"
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        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "złej baletnicy przeszkadza rąbek spódnicy"
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        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "bad dancer is impeded even by (his own) balls",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ploxómu tancóru i jájca mešájut",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "плохо́му танцо́ру и я́йца меша́ют"
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        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "don't blame the mirror if your mug is skewed",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "néča na zérkalo penjátʹ, kóli róža krivá",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "не́ча на зе́ркало пеня́ть, ко́ли ро́жа крива́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "note": "ма́стер глуп — нож туп (máster glup — nož tup) (if the worker is stupid, his knife is blunt)",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "cha d'fhuair droch-bhuannaiche a-riamh deagh-chorran"
        },
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
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          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "cha d'fhuair droch-ràmhaich ràmh math a-riamh"
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          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ram-mâi-dii-tôot-bpìi-tôot-glɔɔng",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "รำไม่ดีโทษปี่โทษกลอง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "63 37",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "nāc na jāne ā̃gan ṭeṛhā",
          "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
          "word": "ناچ نہ جانے آنگن ٹیڑھا"
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        "Upon failure, it is easier to blame the tools used rather than how they were employed."
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          "_dis1": "32 68",
          "word": "a bad carpenter blames his tools"
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          "_dis1": "32 68",
          "word": "a poor workman blames his tools"
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  "word": "a bad workman always blames his tools"
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        "head": "a bad workman always blames his tools"
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  "pos": "proverb",
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        {
          "ref": "1881, John Wurtle Lovell, “Jacula Prudentum”, in The Works of George Herbert in Prose and Verse, New York, page 440",
          "text": "Never had ill workman good tools.",
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          "ref": "1881, John Wurtle Lovell, “Jacula Prudentum”, in The Works of George Herbert in Prose and Verse, New York, page 454",
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        "It is not the tools we use that make us good, but rather how we employ them."
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        "Upon failure, it is easier to blame the tools used rather than how they were employed."
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    {
      "word": "a bad carpenter blames his tools"
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    {
      "word": "a poor workman blames his tools"
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    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "nacote na janle uṭhan bãka",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "নাচতে না জানলে উঠান বাঁকা"
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      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "屙屎唔出賴地硬"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "o¹ si² m⁴ ceot¹ laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "屙屎唔出赖地硬"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "賴地硬"
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    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "laai⁶ dei⁶ ngaang⁶",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "赖地硬"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "唔識字怨爺娘，唔會賺錢怨屋場"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "唔识字怨爷娘"
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    {
      "code": "hak",
      "lang": "Hakka Chinese",
      "roman": "m̀ sṳt-sṳ yen yà-ngiòng, m̀-voi chhon-chhièn yen vuk-chhòng",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "唔会赚钱怨屋场"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "拉不出屎來賴茅坑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lā bù chū shǐ lái lài máokēng",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "拉不出屎来赖茅坑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "尿不準怪馬桶歪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "尿不准怪马桶歪"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "𣍐曉駛船嫌溪彎"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "roman": "bōe-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khoe oan",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "𫧃晓驶船嫌溪弯"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "𣍐曉駛船嫌溪狹"
    },
    {
      "code": "nan",
      "lang": "Min Nan Chinese",
      "roman": "bōe-hiáu sái-chûn hiâm khoe oe̍h",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "𫧃晓驶船嫌溪狭"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "een kwaad werkman heeft altijd slecht getuig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "kyllä sika syitä löytää, välillä on maa jäässä, välillä kärsä kipeä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "à méchant ouvrier, point de bon outil"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "un mauvais ouvrier a toujours de mauvais outils"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "if the rider is no good, it's the horse's fault",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "wenn der Reiter nichts taugt, hat das Pferd Schuld"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "ein schlechter Handwerker schimpft immer auf sein Werkzeug"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "nāc na jāne āṅgan ṭeṛhā",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "नाच न जाने आँगन टेढ़ा"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "a bad rower blames his oar",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "árinni kennir illur ræðari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "droch-cheardaí a chuireann an milleán ar a chuid uirlisí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "ní thig a sháith de chorrán a thabhairt do dhrochbhuanaí"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kōbō fude o erabazu",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "弘法筆を選ばず"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nappeun ilkkuneun je gonggureul tathanda",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "나쁜 일꾼은 제 공구를 탓한다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "تق تاهو مناري دکاتاکن لنتاي جوڠکڠ-جوڠکيت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "تق تاهو مناري دکاتاکن تانه تيڠݢي رنده"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ],
      "word": "تق تاهو مڠاڽم ڤندن دسالهکن"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "tags": [
        "Rumi"
      ],
      "word": "tak tahu menari dikatakan lantai jongkang-jongket"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "tags": [
        "Rumi"
      ],
      "word": "tak tahu menari dikatakan tanah tinggi rendah"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "tags": [
        "Rumi"
      ],
      "word": "tak tahu menganyam pandan disalahkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "nāctā yeinā aṅgaṇ vākḍe",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "नाचता येइना अंगण वाकडे"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Dari",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "پهلوان که باخت میگه نیرو من تنگ بود"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "złej baletnicy przeszkadza rąbek spódnicy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "bad dancer is impeded even by (his own) balls",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ploxómu tancóru i jájca mešájut",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "плохо́му танцо́ру и я́йца меша́ют"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "don't blame the mirror if your mug is skewed",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "néča na zérkalo penjátʹ, kóli róža krivá",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "не́ча на зе́ркало пеня́ть, ко́ли ро́жа крива́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "ма́стер глуп — нож туп (máster glup — nož tup) (if the worker is stupid, his knife is blunt)",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "cha d'fhuair droch-bhuannaiche a-riamh deagh-chorran"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "cha d'fhuair droch-ràmhaich ràmh math a-riamh"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ram-mâi-dii-tôot-bpìi-tôot-glɔɔng",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "รำไม่ดีโทษปี่โทษกลอง"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "nāc na jāne ā̃gan ṭeṛhā",
      "sense": "not the tools but how they're employed",
      "word": "ناچ نہ جانے آنگن ٹیڑھا"
    }
  ],
  "word": "a bad workman always blames his tools"
}