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The Pot Calling the Kettle Black – Meaning, Origin and Usage
Webb18 jan. 2024 · Thank you very much, Tuna!! I love knowing the origin of popular expressions! S. SighingatSilvio Senior Member. Australia - English Mar 24, 2011 #16 As you ... "the pot calling the kettle black" and " Before pulling splinters out of other people's eyes, attend to the log in your own". Webb4 jan. 2010 · The "kettle calling the pot black" refers to a time when kettles and pots were normally heated over an open flame. The smoke from the flames would blacken the bottom of whatever vessel was placed ... green inferno fandom
The pot calling the kettle black - Wikiwand
Webb19 maj 2024 · History dates back to the early 16th century. At that time, pots and kettles were made of cast iron. Cast iron turned black when exposed to heat. There is evidence of this idiom being used in the translation of Don Quixote by Thomas Shelton in 1620. There are also references of William Penn, father of Pennsylvania penning this idiom in 1693. Webb24 jan. 2003 · In any event, it seems that the best, if slangy, retort by the kettle may have been: 'Look who's talking!'. Usually the source of the phrase is given as Cervantes' 'Don Quixote' and simply as 'The pot calls the kettle black,' but another version of Don Quixote comes out as: 'Said the pot to the kettle, get away black-face!'. Webb21 juli 2024 · —1, Since this is not an answer: OP explicitly does not relate to a reactive reproach of a second person by the sentence "you are calling the pot black", but to some previous proposition of the first person, by which the sentence in quotes has been provoked. — In the comments to the answer, Conifold already explained that appeal to … flyer duplication