The pot is black. Why is the pot black?

The pot is too dark. The crow stands on the pig. The pot calls the kettle black.

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Pots (for cooking) and kettles (for boiling water), these household appliances, are often baked on the stove. After a long time, their asses will turn black. The literal meaning of this proverb is that the pot laughs and the pot is black, which is completely equivalent to the phrase "The crow stands on the pig, don't say others are black" that is often heard in Chinese. Since both the pot and the kettle have been blackened by the cooking fire, the pot has no right to criticize the kettle. In a sense, it can also be equated with another China proverb "pot calling the kettle black", which is used to describe those who accuse others of making mistakes and make the same mistakes themselves.

There is one more question to explain. According to the form of this sentence, "pot calling the kettle black" is the apposition of "pot", and the strict translation should be "pot that says pot is black". But the convention of language learning is that language follows grammar and grammar follows habit. If you don't specify that someone is this "pot calling the kettle black", it can be used as an independent sentence.

Example:

A: "I hate that you always wear my clothes!" "

B: "Aren't you pot calling the kettle black? You are wearing my pants now! "

I hate that you always wear my clothes.

Aren't you making the same mistake? You're wearing my pants!