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the pot calling the kettle black
idiom
something you say that means people should not criticize someone else for a fault that they have themselves: 五十步笑百步;锅嫌壶黑
Elliott accused me of being selfish. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!艾丽特责备我自私，真是“锅嫌壶黑”。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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low blow
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there you goidiom
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the pot calling the kettle black | American Dictionary
the pot calling the kettle black
idiom
a situation in which one person criticizes another for a fault the first person also has:
Sean called me a liar – that's the pot calling the kettle black!
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