the pot calling the kettle black

Bedeutung

criticising someone for a fault you also have

Kritik an einem Fehler, den der Kritisierende selbst hat.

Beispiele

1. 1Leo called me lazy, which was the pot calling the kettle black.
2. 2My sister says I spend too long on my phone. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
3. 3Ben complained that I'm always late, but that's the pot calling the kettle black; he's never on time.
4. 4Isn't it the pot calling the kettle black when a messy flatmate criticises your kitchen?
5. 5After his hour-long phone calls, the boss telling us to stop chatting felt like the pot calling the kettle black.

Grammatik

Wird als Kommentar im Ganzen verwendet, meist nach that's, it's oder talk about. calling bleibt in der -ing-Form.