When the pot called the kettle black, did the kettle start out like that, or did it get that way over time? I've never seen a black kettle, so the phrase is
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Does the old saying 'that's a case of the pot calling the kettle black' have racist intentions or can I take it as a straight forward figurative comparison? - Quora
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