throw stones
Cast rocks at
To throw stones is to criticize or attack someone, especially when you're vulnerable to the same criticism yourself.
The phrase comes from the biblical warning about casting the first stone—only those without sin should judge others.
People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
The expression usually implies hypocrisy: He's throwing stones at her spending habits while drowning in credit card debt himself.
- missileSelf-guided airborne weapon
- hurlThrow with great force
- tossLight, casual throw
- pebbleWater-smoothed small rock
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
cast · accuse · protest · riot police · condemn · rock · criticize · pelt · fling · pellet · lob · vandalism · point fingers · point the finger · projectile · retaliate · judge · provoke
throw stonesbuild up
Grow by increments
defend · praise · support · champion · give credit
throw stonesforgive
Cease to blame
show mercy · judge not · accept · pardon · live and let live
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