Languagle #15: Icelandic
Árinni kennir illur ræðari
"A bad rower blames the oar."
What it means
On blaming your tools. In a fishing nation the metaphor is a boat, not a workbench.
What kind of saying it is
Oral tradition. In Icelandic, a málsháttur. Passed down by word of mouth. Sayings like this have no single author.
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