pot call the kettle black

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[pot call the kettle black] {informal} The person who is criticizing someone else is as guilty as the person he accuses; the charge is as true of the person who makes it as of the one he makes it against.

* /When the commissioner accused the road builder of bribery, the contractor said the pot was calling the kettle black./

* /Bill said John was cheating at a game but John replied that the pot was calling the kettle black./

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	call ⁴³ {informal} ¹⁴⁰¹

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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