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The wise saying: “Whoever leads the dance, although he does not know how to dance, says that the person beside him holding his hand is wrong” highlights how much putting the blame to the neighbour is immature and contemptible.
I am not sure if it is completely natural.
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A man (Alpha male type) who doesn't know how to dance might hide this fact by pointedly blaming his partner for all his missteps, and if he blusters well enough - and the woman is not one to complain - he might get away with it. But this is type of behavior is rather small and contemptible.
- A man (Alpha male type) who doesn't know how to dance might hide this fact by pointedly blaming his partner for all his missteps, and if he blusters well enough - and the woman is not one to complain - he might get away with it.
- But this is type of behavior is rather small and contemptible.
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A man (Alpha male type) who doesn't know how to dance might hide this fact by pointedly blaming his partner for all his missteps, and if he blusters well enough - and the woman is not one to complain - he might get away with it. But this is type of behavior is rather small and contemptible.
0Stephanie 1I am not sure if it is completely natural.
It is not.
0Maybe your saying loses in translation but it comes over as itself being rather involved and clumsy. So when you comment on it the whole thing is too complicated.
I think perhaps 'Blaming your dancing-partner for your own mistakes [but there should be a specific word for dancing mistakes] is immature and contemptible' might be neater. It's still a useful image, though. Perhaps 'Wrong
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