the pot calling the kettle black

अर्थ

criticising someone for a fault you also have

ख़ुद में वही कमी होते हुए दूसरे की आलोचना करना.

उदाहरण

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.

व्याकरण

इसका प्रयोग पूरी टिप्पणी के रूप में होता है, आमतौर पर that's, it's या talk about के बाद। calling हमेशा -ing रूप (-ing form) में रहता है।