Pot Calling The Kettle Black
This is not a phrase anybody would like to hear. If someone ever says this to you, they’re basically calling you a hypocrite. When you say that a pot calls the kettle black, you say that someone is accusing another person when they are also guilty. This isn’t the way, folks, to live. If you say it as a joke, it should be okay. You might, however, want to be careful before seriously throwing it around.
Pot Calling The Kettle Black
It Doesn’t Amount To A Hill of Beans
If you’ve watched Casablanca, you may have heard this phrase before. Humphrey Bogart says this to Ingrid Bergman in the classic movie as he bids her goodbye: “Ilsa, I’m no good at being noble, but it doesn’t take much to see that the problems of three little people don’t amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world.” This has something to do with the fact that you can grow beans very easily. Usually, when someone says this, they say that someone or something is of little significance.
It Doesn’t Amount To A Hill Of Beans