a bad workman always blames his tools »
It is not the tools we use which make us good, but rather how we employ them.
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a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush »
It is preferable to have a small but certain advantage than a mere potential of a greater one.
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a camel is a horse designed by a committee »
An expression critical of committees
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a cat can look at a king »
Alternative form of a cat may look at a king.1982, A J Ayer,
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a chain is only as strong as its weakest link »
An organization (especially a process or a business) is only as strong or powerful as its weakest person. A group of associates is only as strong as its laziest member.
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a cut above »
Superior to; of a higher quality than.
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a cut below »
Inferior to; of a lower quality than.
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a different ballpark »
Something totally unrelated or of a vastly different scale or scope.
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a drop in the bucket »
An effort or action having very little overall influence, especially as compared to a huge problem.
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a fool and his money are soon parted »
It is easy to get money from foolish people, especially rich ones.
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a great deal »
Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
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a leopard cannot change its spots »
One cannot change one's own nature.1597, William Shakespeare, Richard II Act i, Scene 1 (First Folio):King. Lyons make Leopards tame.Mowbray. Yea but not change his ?pots.1611, King James Version of the Bible, Jeremiah 13:23:Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe Chapter 32:End now all unkindness. Let us put the Jew to ransom, since the leopard will not change his spots, and a Jew he will continue to be.1918, Johnston McCulley, Thubway Tham's Inthane Moment:The leopard cannot change his spots, old boy.
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a lie has no legs »
You can't get away with a lie, the truth will always come out.
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a man's home is his castle »
(US) a proverbial expression of personal privacy and security
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a miss is as good as a mile »
A failure remains a failure, regardless of how close to success one has actually come.
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