physician, heal thyself
physician, heal thyself proverb: one should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.
Proverb
physician, heal thyself
- 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
- Synonyms:
- doctor, heal thyself
physician, heal thyself meaning in Arabic
physician, heal thyself in Arabic
- Translations
- أَيُّهَا ٱلطَّبِيبُ ٱشْفِ نَفْسَكَ ʔayyuhā ṭ-ṭabību šfi nafsaka, يَا طَبِيبُ طُبَّ لِنَفْسِكَ yā ṭabību ṭubba linafsika
Synonyms of physician, heal thyself
Origin of physician, heal thyself
Calque of Ancient Greek ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν (iatré, therápeuson seautón) and Latin medice, cūrā tē ipsum, from Luke 4:23.
Questions about physician, heal thyself
- What does physician, heal thyself mean?
- Physician, heal thyself means one should attend to one's own flaws or defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.
- What is physician, heal thyself in Arabic?
- Physician, heal thyself in Arabic is أَيُّهَا ٱلطَّبِيبُ ٱشْفِ نَفْسَكَ (ʔayyuhā ṭ-ṭabību šfi nafsaka), يَا طَبِيبُ طُبَّ لِنَفْسِكَ (yā ṭabību ṭubba linafsika). See Physician, heal thyself meaning in Arabic.
- What part of speech is physician, heal thyself?
- Physician, heal thyself is a proverb.
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