the pot calling the kettle black

意思

criticising someone for a fault you also have

批評別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.

文法

作為完整的評論使用，通常跟在 that's、it's 或 talk about 之後。calling 保持 -ing 形式。