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  What it means

  “A bad dancer is hindered by the hem of her skirt.” Uses ‘zawadzać’ instead of ‘przeszkadzać’. Same proverbial meaning.

  English equivalent

  A bad workman blames his tools.

  Vocabulary

  • tanecznica — dancer (female, archaic)
  • zawadzać — to hinder, to get in the way
  • rąbek — hem, edge
  • spódnica — skirt

  Grammar note

  'Zawadzać' also takes the dative for the person hindered. 'Rąbek spódnicy' — genitive after 'rąbek'.

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