Management dismissed the complaints as tempests in tea-kettles and moved on to real problems.

When he called her a gossip, she laughed and replied, 'pot, meet kettle'.

When Sarah accused Mark of being selfish, several friends muttered pot calling the kettle black under their breath.

Whenever I'm waiting impatiently for tea, my grandmother sighs and says, 'a watched kettle never boils,' to remind me to be patient.

When he accused her of hypocrisy, it was nothing but a cat calling the kettle black, an odd, archaic version of the usual proverb.

When he criticized my procrastination, I just said, "hi pot, meet kettle" to point out that he was guilty of the same habit.