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单词 the pot calling the kettle black
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the pot calling the kettle black

something you say that means people should not criticize someone else for a fault that they have themselves:

Elliott accused me of being selfish. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Disapproving & criticizing

  • -basher
  • animadversion
  • aspersions
  • backbite
  • bad-mouth
  • belabour
  • damn
  • damn sb with faint praise idiom
  • denounce
  • dig
  • disapproval
  • give sb hell idiom
  • nagging
  • pitch into sb/sth
  • pound
  • pound away at sth/sb
  • pull sth apart
  • put the boot in idiom
  • take a dim view of sth idiom
  • throw

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the pot calling the kettle black

a situation in which one person criticizes another for a fault the first person also has:

Sean called me a liar – that's the pot calling the kettle black!
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