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ver la paja en el ojo ajeno

Principal Translations
Spanish		English
ver la paja en el ojo ajeno loc verb	informal (ver los errores ajenos)	people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones v expr
		the pot calling the kettle black v expr
	Tu matrimonio es un desastre, pero no dejas de hablar de las peleas de los vecinos: ya deja de ver la paja en el ojo ajeno.
	Your marriage is a disaster but you always go on about the neighbours' rows: people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

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Compound Forms:
Spanish		English
ver la paja en el ojo ajeno, pero no la viga en el propio expr	(juzgar sin admitir las faltas propias) (Bible)	see the mote in your brother's eye and not the rafter in your own v expr
		see the sawdust in your brother's eye and not the plank in your own v expr
Note: Cita bíblica.
	Es muy fácil ver la paja en el ojo ajeno pero no la viga en el propio.
	It's easy to see the mote in your brother's eye and not the rafter in your own.

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