POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK

Meaning of POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK in English

a guilty person accusing another guilty person

When thief accuses robber, it's the pot calling the kettle black.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK — a guilty person accusing another guilty person When thief accuses robber, it's the pot calling the kettle black.
English Idioms vocab
POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK — Чья бы корова мычала, а твоя бы молчала.
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
CALLING — profession, mestiere, artise
English interlingue dictionary
CALLING — tawag
English-Visayan vocabulary
CALLING — noun Date: 14th century a strong inner impulse toward a particular course of action especially when accompanied by conviction of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLACK — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement …
Английский словарь Британика
POT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KETTLE — ˈke]d. ə l, ]t ə l, ÷ ˈki]; some who have |ki] in “teakettle”and/or “kettle of fish” have |ke] in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALLING — ˈkȯliŋ, -ēŋ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of callen to call 1. obsolete : name , …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CALLING — (n.) Title; appellation; name.
Английский словарь Webster
CALLING — (n.) The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.
Английский словарь Webster
CALLING — (n.) One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.
Английский словарь Webster
POT — pot 1 — potlike , adj. /pot/ , n. , v. , potted, potting . n. 1. a container of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KETTLE — /ket"l/ , n. 1. a metal container in which to boil liquids, cook foods, etc.; pot. 2. a teakettle. 3. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CALLING — /kaw"ling/ , n. 1. the act of a person or thing that calls. 2. vocation, profession, or trade: What is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BLACK — — blackish , adj. — blackishly , adv. — blackishness , n. /blak/ , adj., blacker, blackest , n., v., …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
POT — I. ˈpät noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pott; akin to Middle Low German pot pot Date: before 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACK — I. ˈblak adjective Etymology: Middle English blak, from Old English blæc; akin to Old High German blah black, and probably …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KETTLE — noun Etymology: Middle English ketel, from Old Norse ketill (akin to Old English cietel kettle), both from a prehistoric Germanic …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
POT — vt to place or inclose in pots. 2. pot ·vt to preserve seasoned in pots. 3. pot ·vt to pocket. …
Webster English vocab
CALLING — noun title; appellation; name. 2. calling ·noun a summoning or convocation, as of parliament. 3. calling ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of …
Webster English vocab
BLACK — noun a black pigment or dye. 2. black ·noun a stain; a spot; a smooch. 3. black ·noun a black …
Webster English vocab
KETTLE — [ket.tle] n [ME ketel, fr. ON ketill (akin to OE cietel kettle), both fr. a prehistoric Gmc word borrowed fr. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLACK — [black] adj [ME blak, fr. OE blaec; akin to OHG blah black, and prob. to L flagrare to burn, Gk …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
KETTLE — also called Kettle Hole, in geology, depression in a glacial outwash drift made by the melting of a detached mass …
Britannica English vocabulary
KETTLE — kettle, K~ BrE AmE ˈket ə l AmE ˈket̬ ə l ▷ kettle|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
CALLING — calling BrE AmE ˈkɔːl ɪŋ ˈkɑːl- ▷ calling|s z ▶ ˈ calling card BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLACK — black, Black BrE AmE blæk ▷ blacked blækt ▷ blacker ˈblæk ə AmE \ - ə r ▷ blackest ˈblæk …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
POT — / pɒt; NAmE pɑːt/ noun , verb ■ noun FOR COOKING 1. [ C ] a deep round container used …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KETTLE — / ˈketl; NAmE / noun a container with a lid, handle and a spout , used for boiling water : …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALLING — / ˈkɔːlɪŋ; NAmE / noun 1. a strong desire or feeling of duty to do a particular job, especially one …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — / blæk; NAmE / adjective , noun , verb ■ adjective ( black·er , black·est ) COLOUR 1. having the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POT — I. pot 1 S2 W3 /pɒt $ pɑːt/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: pott ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KETTLE — ket ‧ tle S3 /ˈketl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: cetel ] 1 . a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
CALLING — call ‧ ing /ˈkɔːlɪŋ $ ˈkɒː-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a strong desire or feeling of duty to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BLACK — I. black 1 S1 W1 /blæk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative blacker , superlative blackest ) [ Language: Old English …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
POT — n. & v. --n. 1 a vessel, usu. rounded, of ceramic ware or metal or glass for holding liquids or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KETTLE — n. a vessel, usu. of metal with a lid, spout, and handle, for boiling water in. økettle hole a depression …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
POT — n. & v. n. 1 a vessel, usu. rounded, of ceramic ware or metal or glass for holding liquids or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KETTLE — n. a vessel, usu. of metal with a lid, spout, and handle, for boiling water in. kettle hole a depression …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLACK — adj., n., & v. adj. 1 very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
POT — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a vessel, usu. rounded, of ceramic ware or metal or glass for holding liquids …
Oxford English vocab
KETTLE — n. a vessel, usu. of metal with a lid, spout, and handle, for boiling water in. Phrases and idioms: kettle …
Oxford English vocab
BLACK — adj., n., & v. --adj. 1. very dark, having no colour from the absorption of all or nearly all incident …
Oxford English vocab
POT — ( pots, potting, potted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. A pot …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KETTLE — ( kettles) 1. A kettle is a covered container that you use for boiling water. It has a handle, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CALLING — ( callings) A calling is a profession or career which someone is strongly attracted to, especially one which involves helping …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BLACK — ( blacker, blackest, blacks, blacking, blacked) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
POT
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KETTLE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES electric light/kettle/cooker etc ▪ the heat from a small electric fire fish kettle COLLOCATIONS FROM …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CALLING — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a petition calling for sth/demanding sth ▪ A petition calling for an inquiry was signed …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BLACK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KETTLE — [noun] [C] - a covered metal or plastic container with a handle and a spout, used for boiling waterPeople often …
Cambridge English vocab
CALLING — [noun] [C] [formal] - a job, esp. a religious one or one such as medicine, in which you help othersI'm …
Cambridge English vocab
BLACK — n. black mica black eyed pea black lead black legged kittiwake Black Aesthetic movement Black Arts movement Black and Tan …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
CALLING — Synonyms and related words : ambition, apostolic orders, appellation, appointment, area, art, aspiration, baptism, basis, beck, beck and call, bid, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BLACK
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
KETTLE — Noun. A watch or wrist watch. Possibly from rhyming slang kettle and hob, meaning fob. [Mainly London use]
Slang English vocab
POT — noun 1 for cooking ADJECTIVE ▪ cooking VERB + POT ▪ cover ▪ Cook gently in a covered ~ for …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
KETTLE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ electric VERB + KETTLE ▪ fill ▪ plug in ( BrE ) ▪ put on ( esp. …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
BLACK — n. 25B6; adjective a black horse : DARK, pitch-black, jet-black, coal-black, inky; Heraldry sable; rare nigrescent. a black night : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
CALLING — n. vocation, occupation, profession, business, trade, employment, work, line, job, métier, pursuit, career, area, province, (area of) expertise, Brit speciality …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

English Idioms vocabulary

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