English / idiom
It Takes One to Know One
MEANING IN ENGLISH
Used to suggest that someone who identifies a flaw or trait in another person possesses that same quality.; A retort indicating that the person criticizing another shares the very same negative characteristic.
In context
01
He accused the model of being obsessed with mirrors, to which she snapped, 'It takes one to know one!'
02
When the stylist labeled his competitor vain, everyone whispered that it takes one to know one.
Synonyms
the pot calling the kettle black,look who is talking,birds of a feather
Antonyms
impartial observer,completely different nature,objective critic
Collocations
retort with it takes one to know one,snap that it takes one to know one,surely it takes one to know one