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'''The pot calling the kettle black''' is an idiom describing the act of a person criticizing another person for a fault that the speaker is himself guilty of.  The saying is generally used in the form of private grumbling among people who have been criticized over something.  "Can you believe what he said?  That's a real case of the pot calling the kettle black."

'''The pot calling the [[kettle]] black''' is an idiom describing the act of a person criticizing another person for a fault that the speaker is himself guilty of.  The saying is generally used in the form of private grumbling among people who have been criticized over something.  "Can you believe what he said?  That's a real case of the pot calling the kettle black."

In colonial days, cooking was done with pots suspended over the fire in the fireplace, and those pots became black from soot and oxidation.  No piece of cookware would be justified in criticizing another piece of cookware over this.

In colonial days, cooking was done with pots suspended over the fire in the fireplace, and those pots became black from soot and oxidation.  No piece of cookware would be justified in criticizing another piece of cookware over this.