Although first appearing in the 1620 novel Don Quixote by Spanish author, Miguel de Cervantes, invariably the idiom “Look who’s calling the kettle black” or its cousin “the pot calling the kettle black”, will now be considered racist by some. The expression is an allegation of hypocrisy or when one person is accused of doing something the accuser is indeed doing.
The Winds of War
The Winds of War
The Winds of War
Although first appearing in the 1620 novel Don Quixote by Spanish author, Miguel de Cervantes, invariably the idiom “Look who’s calling the kettle black” or its cousin “the pot calling the kettle black”, will now be considered racist by some. The expression is an allegation of hypocrisy or when one person is accused of doing something the accuser is indeed doing.