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POT AND KETTLE EXPRESSION
THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK
IN A CASE WHERE ONE PERSON WHO CAN BE TERMED EQUALLY AS
CARELESS, STUBBORN, ETC. CALLS ANOTHER SUCH, IT CAN BE A CASE OF
THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FUNCTION--I WONDER?--F. M. PAULSEN ; PERSONIFICATION
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; COOKING UTENSIL ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
THE POT FIGHTS WITH THE KETTLE BUT THEYRE BOTH BLACK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; COOKING UTENSIL ; HOSTILITY ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
THE POT MEETS ITS OWN COVER
THE POT ROLLED AND ROLLED UNTIL IT MET ITS OWN COVER.
IT IS SAID WHEN TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE GET MARRIED,
BECOME VERY GOOD FRIENDS, ESTABLISH A BUSINESS, OR ANY OTHER
KIND OF CLOSE RELATIONSHIP.
THE ABOVE CAN BE APPLIED TO EITHER SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COOKING UTENSIL ; SYMBOL ; UNION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN