English Explanatory Dictionary

look who's talking

English dictionary entry

Meanings

phrase
  1. Used to highlight someone's hypocrisy by pointing out that the critic is guilty of the same fault that they attribute to or condemn in another.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-look who's talking.wav

Word forms

look who's talking

Synonyms

hark who's talking that's rich coming from you you can talk you can't talk you're a fine one to talk you're one to talk you're the one to talk you shouldn't talk you should talk

Related words

hypocrisy hypocrit I know you are but what am I it takes one to know one listen to you pot calling the kettle black the call is coming from inside the house
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