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What's the meaning of the phrase 'The pot calling the kettle black'?
'The pot calling the kettle black' is a response often given when someone criticises another for a fault they also have themselves.
'The pot calling the kettle black' is one of a number of proverbial sayings that guard against hypocrisy and complacency. The context of Penn's use of the expression is one which is similar to 'He who is without sin, cast the first stone'. Another is 'you can't hold with the hare and run with the hounds.
Matthew 7:5 , in the King James Version of the Bible has:
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
Shakespeare also expressed a similar notion in a line in Troilus and Cressida, 1606:
"The raven chides blackness."
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I just really, really like Shakespeare @mudkipzjm
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PocketThots are you drunk
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I'm only doing this to spam Genzu's email
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LOOK AT THAT PICTURE AHHHHH your cheesy ass smile and your beautiful lady, I can't. You did it brother. GG.
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S> a bunch of useless weapons aka Serene Swans; message or reply for prices and crying emojis
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S> 24 leather and 27 metal badges 2pd each or trade for bone badges
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B> hitless TJS
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B> DPC, arrest booster, frozen booster, PGFs
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Serene Swan Nerf Opposition/Retaliation Team [snort] is now recruiting active members for general shitposting and crying over what could have been. PM for deets
