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Pot Calling the Kettle Black
What does Pot Calling the Kettle Black mean? | Someone who criticises another but who is just as
much at fault themselves. | George complaining that I talk too much is kind of like the pot calling the kettle black.
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pot calling the kettle black
What does pot calling the kettle black mean? | the person who criticizes/accuses someone else is as guilty as the person he or she criticizes/accuses | My friend criticized me for not changing jobs but that is like the pot calling the kettle black. She will not change jobs either.
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pot calling the kettle black
What does pot calling the kettle black mean? | the person who criticizes or accuses someone else is as guilty as the person he or she criticizes or accuses |
My friend criticized me for not changing jobs but that is like the pot calling the kettle black. She will not change jobs either.
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pot calling the kettle black
What does pot calling the kettle black mean? | a person who is criticizing someone else may be as guilty as the person who he or she criticizes |
It was like the pot calling the kettle black when the woman who is always late for work criticized her coworker for also being late.
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Some Random Idioms
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smarty pants
What does "smarty pants" mean? | a person who is annoying because they always have an answer or seem to know everything |
The boy is a smarty pants and he acts like he knows everything.
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stay loose
What does "stay loose" mean? | be cool; relax; be calm |
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Cash in your chips
What does "Cash in your chips" mean? | If you cash in your chips, you sell something to get what profit you can because you think its value is going to fall. It can also mean 'to die'. |
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at sixes and sevens
What does "at sixes and sevens" mean? | to be in confusion or disagreement | Everybody has been at sixes and sevens since they opened the new school.
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die of a broken heart
What does "die of a broken heart" mean? | to die of emotional distress, to suffer from emotional distress (from a failed romance) | The man almost died of a broken heart several times when he was a teenager.
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get with it
What does "get with it" mean? | to pay attention, to get busy | I told my friend to get with it or he would have problems with his boss.
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