physician, heal thyself

Phrase CEFR C1

Definitions

One should attend to one's own defects before presuming to advise others about theirs.

Equivalents

Españolmédico, cúrate a ti mismo

Françaismédecin, guéris-toi toi-même

DeutschArzt, heile dich selbst Arzt, hilf dir selber

9 more languages

العربيةأَيُّهَا ٱلطَّبِيبُ ٱشْفِ نَفْسَكَ يا طبيب طب لنفسك

Catalàmetge, cura't a tu mateix

Suomiparantaja, paranna itsesi

Italianomedico, cura te stesso

日本語医者の不養生

Nederlandsgeneesheer, genees uzelf medicijnmeester, genees uzelven

Polskilekarzu, lecz się sam

Portuguêsmédico, cura-te a ti mesmo

Русскийвра́чу, исцели́ся сам

Examples

““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.””

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

physico- physio- physo- phyto- pick on someone your own size pick your poison

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