pot calling the kettle black

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Definition of pot calling the kettle black in English Turkish dictionary

The pot calling the kettle black
Tencere dibin kara seninki benden kara
English - English
A situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares

I think it's a case of the pot calling the kettle black when she says he is obsessive.

pot calling the kettle black

    Hyphenation

    pot call·ing the ket·tle black

    Turkish pronunciation

    pät kôlîng dhi ketıl bläk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈpät ˈkôləɴɢ ᴛʜē ˈketəl ˈblak/ /ˈpɑːt ˈkɔːlɪŋ ðiː ˈkɛtəl ˈblæk/

    Etymology

    () There are two interpretations of this phrase,Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins, by William Morris, Mary MorrisBrewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, 1870, revised by Adrian Room (Millennium Edition) though other sources give only the first interpretation., in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, by E. Cobham Brewer, 1898 edition In the first interpretation, it refers to the fact that both cast-iron pot's and kettle's bottoms turn equally black when hung over a fire, and thus the pot is accusing the kettle of a fault it shares. In the second, subtler interpretation, the pot is sooty (being placed on a fire), while the kettle is clean and shiny (being placed on coals only), and hence when the pot accuses the kettle of being black, it is the pot’s own sooty reflection that it sees: the pot accuses the kettle of a fault that only the pot has.
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