Hi! In an episode of Los Simpsoms Homer says this: "Takes one to know one", what does it mean?
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Takes one to know one
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que hay que estar de cierta forma para entender otro de esta forma.
Ummmm yo te daría un ejemplo:
"Se necesita ser un mentiroso para poder reconocer a otro" dejame ver si encuentro algo mejor.
O.K encontre esto:
It is usually used in a mocking or derogative way. "He says that Steve, of all people, is a complete idiot." "Well it takes one to know one."
: : Here is another phrase: "He says that Steve, of all people, is a complete idiot." "Well, that's the pot calling the kettle black."
: Two more equivalent phrases:
: "Look who's talking."
: "YOU should talk!" IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE - "Only a person with identical character traits would be able to recognize those traits in someone else. Often used as a curt rejoinder to deflect an accusation; you're only saying that about me because it's true of you. Originated in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
¡Espero te ayude!
It is usually used in a mocking or derogative way. "He says that Steve, of all people, is a complete idiot." "Well it takes one to know one."
: : Here is another phrase: "He says that Steve, of all people, is a complete idiot." "Well, that's the pot calling the kettle black."
: Two more equivalent phrases:
: "Look who's talking."
: "YOU should talk!" IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE - "Only a person with identical character traits would be able to recognize those traits in someone else. Often used as a curt rejoinder to deflect an accusation; you're only saying that about me because it's true of you. Originated in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
¡Espero te ayude!
o hay que ser ladron para reconocer a otro ladron por ejemplo.
Thanks you all! Now I undestand! Thanks again