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• Pot calling the kettle black — The phrase Pot calling the kettle black is an idiom, used to accuse another speaker of hypocrisy, in that the speaker disparages the subject for a fault or negative behavior that could equally be applied to him or her, though there is an… …   Wikipedia

• (the) pot calling the kettle black — the pot calling the kettle black informal phrase used for saying that someone is criticizing another person for a fault that they also have Thesaurus: ways of making or receiving criticism or blamehyponym to criticize, accuse or blamesynonym… …   Useful english dictionary

• pot calling the kettle black — If someone hypocritically criticises a person for something that they themselves do, then it is a case of the pot calling the kettle black …   The small dictionary of idiomes

• the pot calling the kettle black — Castigation of another s faults by someone with the same shortcomings • • • Main Entry: ↑pot * * * I see pot I II used to convey that the criticisms a person is aiming at someone else could equally well apply to themselves …   Useful english dictionary

• the pot calling the kettle black — ► the pot calling the kettle black used to convey that the criticisms a person is aiming at someone could equally well apply to themselves. Main Entry: ↑kettle …   English terms dictionary

• pot calling the kettle black —    If someone hypocritically criticises a person for something that they themselves do, then it is a case of the pot calling the kettle black.   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    This expression is used in a situation where a person with a… …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

• pot call the kettle black — {informal} The person who is criticizing someone else is as guilty as the person he accuses; the charge is as true of the person who makes it as of the one he makes it against. * /When the commissioner accused the road builder of bribery, the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pot call the kettle black — {informal} The person who is criticizing someone else is as guilty as the person he accuses; the charge is as true of the person who makes it as of the one he makes it against. * /When the commissioner accused the road builder of bribery, the… …   Dictionary of American idioms

• pot\ calls\ the\ kettle\ black — informal the person who is criticizing someone else is as guilty as the person he accuses; the charge is as true of the person who makes it as of the one he makes it against. When the commissioner accused the road builder of bribery, the… …   Словарь американских идиом

• the pot calling the kettle black — used to convey that the criticisms a person is aiming at someone could equally well apply to themselves. → pot …   English new terms dictionary

• the pot calling the kettle black — informal used for saying that someone is criticizing another person for a fault that they also have …   English dictionary