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单词 the pot calling the kettle black
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the pot calling the kettle black

Used to convey that the criticisms a person is aiming at someone else could equally well apply to themselves: the Council is complaining that the post office is slow at communication—talk about pot calling the kettle black!...
  • To work within the constraints of an international system is a very frustrating experience, but criticisms about its shortcomings are often a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
  • To be fair, my own criticism is an example of the pot calling the kettle black.
  • I know it's like the pot calling the kettle black, but in fairness, when you are a smoker, you do not realise the discomfort you put other people through by smoking in public and polluting their air with your smoke.
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