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What is the meaning of the american idiom “pot calling the kettle black”?

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Question ajoutée par Fida Abo Alrob , Sr. Copywriter , Imena Digital
Date de publication: 2013/10/20
Mohamed Khedr
par Mohamed Khedr , Researcher , Helmholtz Center Munich

Pot & Kettle

This is a phrase that states that the person you are talking to is calling you something that they themselves are (and generally in abundance). This comes from old times when pots and pans were generally black and kettles were generally metallic and reflective. Therefore the pot sees its black reflection in the kettle and thinks that the kettle is black. 

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