look who's talking

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

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 Polish: i kto tu mówi 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

Further reading

• “look who s talking” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “look who s talking” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.