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Both Mav and Miia have got close to the proverb's meaning, and I'll be discussing both options with my students this week. Thank you muchly for your help, everybody.



I think they've both missed the factor of the thief's believing everybody shares his faults whether they do or not. They both suggest that the accuser and the accused are both guilty. Fallible Fiend seems to have come closer but, as he said, it hasn't exactly made proverb status.