MCLC: pot calling the kettle black (1,2,3)

Denton, Kirk denton.2 at osu.edu
Wed Dec 28 10:43:57 EST 2011


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From: brendan o'kane <bokane at bokane.org>
Subject: pot calling the kettle black (1)
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五十步笑百步 is the first thing to come to mind. 马不知脸长 might actually
be a nicer 
fit, since it implies that someone is totally unaware of his/her own
deficiencies, while if we're going literally, the person doing the
sneering in 五十步笑百步 is compromised but not actually quite as bad as the
other person.
(Standard non-native speaker disclaimers apply.)

--Brendan

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From: Yung Ho <ho at un.org>
Subject: pot calling the kettle black (2)

五十步笑百步。

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From: man lee <limandarine at gmail.com>
Subject: pot calling the kettle black (3)

"the pot calling the kettle black?" equals to "五十步笑百步".





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