pot calling the kettle black

短语

五十步笑一百步

发音

UK /ˈpɒt ˈkɔːliŋ ðə ˈkɛtl̩ ˈblæk/
US /ˈpɑt ˈkɔliŋ ðə ˈkɛtl̩ ˈblæk/
AU

词形变化

cat calling the kettle black

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares.

    五十步笑一百步

    半斤笑八两

    三跤猫笑一目狗

    龟笑鳖无尾

    龟笑鳖无毛

    习语

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

词源

There are two interpretations of this phrase, though some sources give only the first interpretation. In the first interpretation, it refers to the fact that both cast-iron pots' and kettles' 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 (unlikely) 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.

来源：wiktionary