the pot calling the kettle black

/ðə ˌpɒt ˌkɔːlɪŋ ðə ˌketl ˈblæk/INFORMAL · C1
中文对应完全对应
五十步笑百步
字面意思: «锅说水壶黑»

含义

criticising someone for a fault you also have

批评别人有自己也有的毛病.

例句

  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.

语法

作为完整的评论使用,通常跟在 that's、it's 或 talk about 之后。calling 保持 -ing 形式。

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