a koe rānei
1. get you, who are you to talk, you're one to talk, you can talk, talk about the pot calling the kettle black - an idiom used to respond to belittling or derogatory comments, the response suggesting that the accuser is actually worse than the person being criticised.
Pare: Kāore ō take ki te waiata. Rangi: A koe rānei! Nāu kē i hē ai te katoa (HKK 1999:80). / Pare: You're useless at singing. Rangi: Talk about calling the kettle black! It was you who put everybody wrong.
Pare: Kāore kē kōrua e haere ki tāwāhi? Rangi: Kāo, he mataku nō taku hoa ki te haere tawhiti i te kāinga. Pare: A koe rānei! Ko koe kē te kōkōmuka tū tara-ā-whare! (HKK 1999:80). / Pare: Won't you two go overseas? Rangi: No, because my mate is scared to go far from home. Pare: You can talk! You are the stay-at-home!
