physician, heal thyself

谚语

英文释义

谚语
  1. One should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about theirs. idiomatic
    — “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.”

词源

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