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"The pot calling the kettle black" is a proverbial idiom that may be of Spanish origin, of which English versions began to appear in the first half of the 17th century. It means a situation in which somebody accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares, and therefore is an example of psychological projection , [ 1 ] or hypocrisy . [ 2 ]
The kettle may or may not be black, but attacking it for its blackness will only draw attention to your own blackness, which in turn undermines your position. It happens quite often on Wikipedia that an editor makes a post to remind others of civility but writes it in an uncivil tone.
5 Teapot interpretation. 1 comment. ... 7 Maybe Mention that "Pot calling the kettle black" is often an ad-hominem. 1 comment. 8 Idioms list. 1 comment. 9 Tense ...
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In the original editions of the book it stated "that is like the pot calling the kettle black." The old saying means a person who is as flawed as the person he or she is criticizing has no right to complain about the other's flaws. The pot, after all, is as blackened by the flames as the kettle.
I would call that a teapot personally, but black all the same :-) DJLayton4 02:33, 29 January 2008 (UTC) Interesting that the photo of the kettle on this page is actually a much larger pot. Refer to the Kettle page, perhaps find a cast iron kettle instead of a large pot?
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