People in Glass Houses?

[Blu-Tack Jes]

Heya!

Just wondering if anyone knew the saying about people in glass houses? I have a feeling it's maybe something to do with the pot calling the kettle black type thing but I'm not sure.

Anyone?

Cheers, Jess xxx

[spacechimp]

Men in glass houses shouldn't throw stones?

[scoobysoo]

I don't think it's quite the same. The pot and kettle one is when someone accuses someone of doing or being something they do or are themselves. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones means people in a vunerable position shouldn't attack others...or something like that!

[spacechimp]

I'd say "pot calling the kettle black" is almost exactly the same.

[spacechimp]

No, I'm wrong. Perhaps the meaning is ambiguous?

The proverb has been traced back to Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' (1385). George Herbert wrote in 1651: 'Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.' This saying is first cited in the United States in 'William & Mary College Quarterly' (1710). Twenty-six later Benjamin Franklin wrote, 'Don't throw stones at your neighbors', if your own windows are glass.' 'To live in a glass house' is used as a figure of speech referring to vulnerability." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).