English Explanatory Dictionary

physician, heal thyself

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. One should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.

Word forms

physician, heal thyself

Etymology

Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23.

Synonyms

doctor, heal thyself

Related words

charity begins at home cobbler, keep to your last people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones the pot calling the kettle black tu quoque
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