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    Take a look at yourself in the mirror

    Can we say in Russian

    Посмотри на себя в зеркало!

    First look at your flaws, failings, deficiencies before criticizing someone else.

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    We say: "Ты на себя посмотри!"
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    Чья бы корова мычала!

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    Quote Originally Posted by N
    Чья бы корова мычала!
    Is that a question? Because the big fat cow who grazes on the train tracks would not have time to "moo" when the train comes by!!
    Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself. - Chief Joseph, Nez Perce

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    Re: Take a look at yourself in the mirror

    Quote Originally Posted by Mordan
    Can we say in Russian

    Посмотри на себя в зеркало!

    First look at your flaws, failings, deficiencies before criticizing someone else.

    Charles
    Хочу вам рассказать о девочке Оле, которая вдруг увидела себя со стороны. Увидела так, как можно увидеть не себя, а совсем другую девочку -скажем, сестру или подругу. Таким образом, она довольно долго наблюдала
    самое себя, и это помогло ей избавиться от недостатков, которых она раньше в себе не замечала.

    В. Губарев КОРОЛЕВСТВО КРИВЫХ ЗЕРКАЛ

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    Re: Take a look at yourself in the mirror

    Quote Originally Posted by Mordan
    Can we say in Russian

    Посмотри на себя в зеркало!

    First look at your flaws, failings, deficiencies before criticizing someone else.

    Charles
    I think we can say this.

    One more variant: ахал бы дядя на себя глядя.
    «И всё, что сейчас происходит внутре — тоже является частью вселенной».

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    Quote Originally Posted by DDT
    Quote Originally Posted by N
    Чья бы корова мычала!
    Is that a question? Because the big fat cow who grazes on the train tracks would not have time to "moo" when the train comes by!!
    "Чья бы корова мычала, твоя бы молчала" is a rude rhymed saying. It means something like, "shut up, you have no moral right to tell this in the given situation. First look at your flaws, failings, deficiencies before criticizing someone else.

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    As well you can remember this:
    "Вынь прежде бревно из твоего глаза и тогда увидишь, как вынуть сучок из глаза брата твоего”
    (Евангелие от Матфея, 7:4–5).
    Кр. -- сестр. тал.

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