He says I am lazy, which is the pot calling the kettle black.
pot calling the kettle black
idiom B1
A situation in which somebody comments on or accuses someone else of a fault which the accuser shares.
Origin
first recorded 17th c. disputed originFrom Cervantes' Don Quixote (1605; in Thomas Shelton's 1620 English translation, 'the pot calls the kettle black-arse') — both are blackened by the same cooking fire.
She accused me of being late, but that is the pot calling the kettle black since she is always behind schedule.
When the politician criticized his opponent for being dishonest, the public recognized it as the pot calling the kettle black, given his own history of deception.
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