Usually means: Accusing others of one's faults.
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  1. the pot calling the kettle black: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. the pot calling the kettle black: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. pot calling the kettle black: Wiktionary
  4. pot calling the kettle black: Dictionary.com
  5. Pot calling the kettle black, The pot calling the kettle black: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. The Pot Calling The Kettle Black: A to Z list of the most popular idioms

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  2. the pot calling the kettle black: Idioms

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  1. the pot calling the kettle black: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pot calling the kettle black)

noun:  (idiomatic) A situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares.

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