A few days ago
FreakyGeeky

Black teakettles…popular saying?

There is some kind of saying about painting tea kettles black or something like that. What is the actual saying and what does it mean?

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A few days ago
paof2

Favorite Answer

“Pot calling the kettle black”

As in “How can you say that when you’re worse?”

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A few days ago
derfini
The previous is correct – pots and kettles (they meant the sort that you boil water up in) were originally made of iron and sat on cast-iron ranges, or next to the fire. They gradually turned black from use. So one was as black as the other.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
don’t accuse others lest you are accused your self
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