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It means your being hypocritical. So its like a pot which is assumed to be black calling a kettle black. Or like a dumb person calling another person dumb. People use the saying to basically say, your being a hypocrite
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What does 'don't let the pot call the kettle black' mean?
"The pot is calling the kettle black" is an expression used when the accuser is as guilty as the accused, referring to the fact that both pots and kettles are black. If a rigid person suggests that another person is being "inflexible," that is the pot calling the kettle black.
What does it mean when you dream about a racist kettle?
This dream brings to mind the old saying about "the pot calling the kettle black." It suggests that the dreamer might be be seeing faults in others that the dreamer suffers but denies in him/herself.
What does pot and kettle mean?
That is someone criticizing another for an action that he himself has done or for a characteristic that he himself shares. It refers a cooking container criticizing another cooking container for becoming blackened through use despite the first container being equally blackened.The phrase is used to point out somebody's hypocrisy.On old wood stoves the pot and kettle were usually blackened from soot, therefor if the Pot were to insult the Kettle by calling it black it would be insulting itself in the process since it was the same.Therefore when you accuse someone of doing something that you do yourself you are like the pot who calls the kettle blackThis idiom refers to a hypocrite or accusing someone of being hypocritical. If I am lying but call you a liar you could say, Isn't that the pot calling the kettle black. If you are overweight and yet tell me to watch what I eat, I could say, That's the pot calling the kettle black.example citation:"But how many conservatives who are targets of such slurs know these liberals are indulging in one of the greatest intellectual ruses in history? How many realize it's a matter of the red-faced pot calling the kettle black?"When someone accuses another of a fault like lying, sloth or greed this phrase is used to counter accuse. For example, if you were spying on your girlfriend's e-mails and she found out about it while she was spying on your e-mails her accusation that you didn't trust her could be countered with, isn't that the pot calling the kettle black, since she also has trust issues. This comes from a period when pots and kettles were both made out of cast iron, so both the pot and the kettle were black.The kettle calling the pot black, both are black, so it refers to a person who is telling another person that they are doing something wrong when they are doing the same thing. for example a smoker telling another smoker that they shouldn't smoke. a thief calling someone else a thief. etcThe Pot and the Kettle are both black. Is often used by a person condemning other people for something they do themselves. So if a person (the pot) is accusing someone (the kettle) of doing something they actually do. They are both actually the same (black) therefore the pot has not right to condemn the kettle without actually condemning themselves.
In cockney slang what does kettle mean?
Kettle and Hob - Fob Watch.
What did Europeans do to black slaves?
the europeans killed and hit them like ANIMALS!!thats so MEAN
Does cordless kettle mean that the heating element is not in cotact with water?
no. it means that the kettle can be unplugged from the electricity source. the heating source is in touch with water, as it is located inside the kettle :)
How much do the members of black veil brides weigh?
well thats personal i mean really its not ur bussiness
Who invented the electric kettle?
Which kettle do you mean? Or did you mean 'Who invented the kettle'? As with most cooking utensils, it is unlikely that a specific person 'invented' the kettle, since that sort of thing developed as necessary through the ages.
What does the term advance direction of a local fingerboard mean?
kettle in bead
Why are you a packy if your mam and dadd are white?
im not answring that question that is so mean and you shouldnt be calling people by that name! Nor black people!
When a man says he wants you to stop calling what does it mean?
Stop Calling
Is a kettle dangerous?
If you mean kettles on stoves, yes they can be very dangerous. It is not always obvious when a kettle is dangerously hot, and without care you could injure yourself handling it.
