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  What it means

  Literally “the pot called the kettle black” (Polish version: “the cauldron reproached the pot”). Used when someone criticizes another for a fault they themselves have.

  Vocabulary

  • kocioł — cauldron / pot
  • garnek — pot

  Grammar note

  Dative 'garnkowi' as the object of 'przyganiał'.

  Cultural context

  The full version is '...a sam smoli' (and it is soot-covered itself).

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