live in a glass house

live in a glass house

To be susceptible to or the target of judgment and criticism. Similar to the proverb "People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones." A: "Why am I living in a glass house these days? Everyone is being so critical of my taste in women!" B: "Well, your last girlfriend was really rude to us all the time." Now that I've become a vegan, I feel like I live in a glass house—I constantly have to hear everyone's opinion on veganism.
See also: glass, house, live
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • teach a man to fish
  • it takes a village
  • village
  • birds of a feather
  • birds of a feather (flock together)
  • BOF
  • a man is judged by the company he keeps
  • a man is known by the company he keeps
  • the best-laid plans go astray
  • the best-laid plans of mice and men