नाच न जाने आंगन टेढ़ा

Meaning: A bad workman blames his tools.

Language: Hindi

Literally: Can't dance, blames the courtyard for being crooked

Category: Daily Life

Origin: Hindi folk proverb about making excuses.

More idioms — Daily Life

• على قد لحافك مد رجليك — Live within your means.
• C'est la croix et la bannière — It is an enormous effort or ordeal.
• Faire d'une pierre deux coups — To kill two birds with one stone.
• être sur des charbons ardents — Being extremely anxious or impatient about something.
• avoir un tuyau — Having inside information or a useful tip about something.
• être à court de — Lacking or running low on something essential.

More Hindi idioms

• दाल में कुछ काला है — Something suspicious is going on.
• नौ दो ग्यारह होना — To flee or run away quickly.
• अंगूर खट्टे हैं — To scorn what you secretly want but cannot have.
• आ बैल मुझे मार — To deliberately invite trouble upon yourself.
• नाक में दम करना — To harass or pester relentlessly.
• नाक रगड़ना — To grovel and beg humbly.

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