I was thinking about the phrase 'The pot calling the kettle black'. It comes from a time where cooking was done over open fires and cookware would become visibly ashy. (Fun fact: It first appears and was perhaps coined by Cervantes in Don Quixote!)

What are some other idioms that have lost their literal connection to time? What would be a good modern replacement?

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It's both too contentious and too referential to work imo, not everyone knows what a "x bro" is, or even what trolling is. Would work great on lemmy though.

Also yeah you understood the expression, although it's more about someone calling someone else out on something they also do.

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