"pot calling the kettle black" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [英語]

IPA: /ˈpɒt ˈkɔːliŋ ðə ˈkɛtl̩ ˈblæk/, /ˈpɑt ˈkɔliŋ ðə ˈkɛtl̩ ˈblæk/
  1. ある欠点を持つ人たちを、自分自身も同じ欠点を持っていることを棚に上げて批判すること。目糞鼻糞を笑う。直訳は、薬缶を黒いと呼ぶ鍋。
    Sense id: ja-pot_calling_the_kettle_black-en-phrase-VLwDfkAz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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          "text": "The thought crossed his mind that, if ever there was a case of the pot calling the kettle black, this was it. (P. G. Wodehouse. The Girl on the Boat)〔1921年〕",
          "translation": "薬缶を黒いと呼ぶ鍋というような状況がもしあるとしたら、これがそれだろう。そんな思いが彼の頭をかすめた。"
        }
      ],
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        "ある欠点を持つ人たちを、自分自身も同じ欠点を持っていることを棚に上げて批判すること。目糞鼻糞を笑う。直訳は、薬缶を黒いと呼ぶ鍋。"
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    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɑt ˈkɔliŋ ðə ˈkɛtl̩ ˈblæk/"
    }
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          "translation": "薬缶を黒いと呼ぶ鍋というような状況がもしあるとしたら、これがそれだろう。そんな思いが彼の頭をかすめた。"
        }
      ],
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        "ある欠点を持つ人たちを、自分自身も同じ欠点を持っていることを棚に上げて批判すること。目糞鼻糞を笑う。直訳は、薬缶を黒いと呼ぶ鍋。"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɒt ˈkɔːliŋ ðə ˈkɛtl̩ ˈblæk/"
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      "ipa": "/ˈpɑt ˈkɔliŋ ðə ˈkɛtl̩ ˈblæk/"
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