look who's talking

English

Alternative forms

• hark who's talking

Phrase

look who's talking

1. Used when someone receives criticism for something by someone else who is guilty of the same thing.

Synonyms

• you can talk
• you can't talk
• you're the one to talk
• you're one to talk
• you're a fine one to talk
• you should talk
• you shouldn't talk

Translations

Translations

• Armenian: ով էլ խոսար (ov ēl xosar)
• Basque: eta zuk esaten duzu
• Catalan: miri qui parla
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 虧你有臉說別人／亏你有脸说别人 (kuī nǐ yǒu liǎn shuō biérén)

• Finnish: (siinä on) paraskin puhuja, katsos kuka puhuu
• French: qui parle, ça te va bien de dire ça, ça te va bien, tu peux parler, tu peux causer
• Greek: κοίτα ποιος μιλάει (koíta poios miláei)
• Icelandic: þú getur trútt um talað
• Italian: senti chi parla
• Japanese: どの口が言う (どの くち が いう, dono kuchi ga iu)
• Polish: i kto tu mówi
• Portuguese: olha quem fala, olha quem está falando
• Russian: чья́ бы коро́ва мыча́ла (ru) (čʹjá by koróva myčála), кто бы говори́л (kto by govoríl)
• Sicilian: sta parrannu!
• Spanish: mira quién fue a hablar, mira quién habla, mira quién lo dice, y lo dices tú

See also

• hypocrisy
• pot calling the kettle black
• takes one to know one
• I know you are but what am I
• the call is coming from inside the house

Further reading

• “look who s talking” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “look who s talking”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.