This proverb is used when someone blames the quality of their equipment or other external factors when they perform a task poorly.

Example of idiom or proverb. The meaning that an idiom comprises of. An idiom is a phrase that generally has little or nothing to do with the words that are in the phrase. What is an Idiom An idiom is a fixed group of words or a phrase that has a figurative meaning.

Another burst of energy when you had been too tired to finish. Plus get details about the origin and history of both common idioms and rare ones. For example raining cats and dogs has nothing to do with either cats or dogs.

Here is an example of how this proverb can be used as an idiom. On the other side the literal meaning or word to word meaning of an idiom does not reveal its symbolic meaning. List of All Idioms.

For example the proverb a picture is worth thousand words is a general truth. It was a rip off. A bad workman always blames his tools.

The collection includes idioms slang terms phrasal verbs proverbs clichés regionalisms colloquialisms expressions sayings abbreviations and more. I remember to call my parents from my study abroad trip once in a blue moon 9. How do you use it.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Instead of The secret is given away. Example of proverb time is money Advertisement English Proverbs.