physician, heal thyself en · X
Etymology
Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) One should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.
“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.”
1919, Sax Rohmer, chapter XXI, in Dope:
Relateds
cobbler, keep to your last · tu quoque · the pot calling the kettle black · charity begins at home · people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Synonyms
Translations (24)
pt médico, cura-te a ti mesmo (Translations) · ca metge, cura't a tu mateix (Translations) · fi parantaja, paranna itsesi (Translations) · ar يَا طَبِيبُ طُبَّ لِنَفْسِكَ (Translations) · pl lekarzu, lecz się sam (Translations) · fr médecin, guéris-toi toi-même (Translations) · pl lekarzu, ulecz samego siebie (Translations) · cy y meddyg, iachâ di dy hun (Translations) · ru вра́чу, исцели́ся сам (Translations) · cmn 你医治自己罢 (Translations) · de Arzt, hilf dir selber (Translations) · nl medicijnmeester, genees uzelven (Translations) · cmn 醫生，你醫治自己罷 /医生 (Translations) · es médico, cúrate a ti mismo (Translations) · he אָסְיָא אַסִּי חִגַּרְתָּךְ (Translations) · nl geneesheer, genees uzelf (Translations) · de Arzt, heile dich selbst (Translations) · ar أَيُّهَا ٱلطَّبِيبُ ٱشْفِ نَفْسَكَ (Translations) · ja 医者の不養生 (Translations) · it medico, cura te stesso (Translations) · sv läkare, bota dig själv (Translations) · grc ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (Translations) · la medice, cura te ispum (Translations) · cu врачꙋ̀, и҆сцѣли́сѧ са́мъ (Translations)