the pot calling the kettle black

Anlam

criticising someone for a fault you also have

Kendisinde de olan bir kusur yüzünden başkasını eleştirmek.

Örnekler

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.

Dil bilgisi

Tek başına bir yorum olarak, genellikle that's, it's veya talk about ifadesinden sonra kullanılır. Sözcük calling her zaman -ing biçiminde (-ing form) kalır.