英和和英

語源

Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23.^[1]

ことわざ

physician, heal thyself

1. Attend to your own defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.
   • 1919, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXI, in Dope:

     “You are really as bad as Margaret,” she declared. “There is nothing the matter with me. You talk of ‘curing’ me as though I were ill. Physician, heal thyself.”

参考

• people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
• the pot calling the kettle black
• tu quoque

参照

Further reading

• “physician, heal thyself”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• Gary Martin (1997–), “Physician, heal thyself”, in The Phrase Finder.