拉不出屎来怨茅房

拉不出屎來怨茅房
lābùchūshǐláiyuànmáofáng
  1. lit. to blame the toilet because one is having difficulty completing a bowel movement (idiom)
  2. fig. to blame others for problems caused by one's own shortcomings

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 拉 lā
  1. to pull
  2. to play (a bowed instrument)
  3. to drag
  4. to draw
  5. to chat
  6. (coll.) to empty one's bowels
2 不出 bùchū to not exceed; to not surpass
3 屎 shǐ
  1. feces; excrement; a stool
  2. (bound form) secretion (of the ear, eye etc)
4 来 lái
  1. to come
  2. (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
  3. hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来 huílai)
  4. ever since (as in 自古以来 zìgǔyǐlái)
  5. for the past (amount of time)
  6. (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世 láishì)
  7. (between two verbs) in order to
  8. (after a round number) approximately
  9. (used after 得 dé to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来 tándelái, or after 不 bù to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来 chībulái)
5 怨 yuàn
  1. to blame
  2. (bound form) resentment; hatred; grudge
6 茅房 máofáng
  1. toilet (rural euphemism)
  2. thatched hut or house