Meaning of: If you live in a glass house, you shouldn't throw stones, as stones will be thrown back and your house will be damaged. I suppose you all knew the meaning :-))
Re: He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones: meaning? Quote Posted by ESC on September 27, 2003 In Reply to: He who lives in a glass house shouldn't throw stones: meaning? posted by aberration on September 26, 2003 : I wonder what this phrase means. can anybody enlighten me please? Don't gossip about people if you have secrets of your own. PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T THROW STONES - "Those who are vulnerable should not attack others. The proverb has been traced back to Geoffrey Chaucer's 'Troilus and Criseyde' (1385). George Herbert wrote in 1651: 'Whose house is of glass, must not throw stones at another.' This saying is first cited in the United States in 'William & Mary College Quarterly' (1710). Twenty-six later Benjamin Franklin wrote, 'Don't throw stones at your neighbors', if your own windows are glass.' 'To live in a glass house' is used as a figure of speech referring to vulnerability." From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" (1996) by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996). unquote. http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/24/messages/742.html -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
