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Cree el ladrón que todos son de su condición .
For the moment, Mav's It takes one to know one sounds the closest to the meaning of our proverb above: something like "you are wrongfully accusing me of this because you yourself are like that".
Until I (might be able to) think of something else, Mav's seems the best.
Is this expression from Cervantes?
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Quote:
Quote:
Cree el ladrón que todos son de su condición .
For the moment, Mav's It takes one to know one sounds the closest to the meaning of our proverb above: something like "you are wrongfully accusing me of this because you yourself are like that".
Until I (might be able to) think of something else, Mav's seems the best.
Is this expression from Cervantes?
and here I was, thinking y'all are tilting at windmills.
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and here I was, thinking y'all are tilting at windmills.
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
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Although "it takes one to know one" is probably the closest we have in English it doesn't have the same implication of false accusation. What about "First take the beam out of your own eye."
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Or how about
"the pot calling the kettle black"
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Miia! You certainly HAVE been studying English! That's closer than anything listed. Good for you!
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Marianna,
Doesn't help, but in French Québec we have the same expression Un voleur pense que tous le monde est voleur. (A thief thinks everybody else is a thief)
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Along the same lines if somewhat outlisde the box:
If the only tool you have is a hammer all problems look like nails.
Of course, it's really:
If the only tool you have is a hammer any problem that doesn't look like a nail is someone else's problem.
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Quote:
Along the same lines if somewhat outlisde the box:
If the only tool you have is a hammer all problems look like nails.
Of course, it's really:
If the only tool you have is a hammer any problem that doesn't look like a nail is someone else's problem.
If not, what're melons for? The Gallagher Conjecture
TEd
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