Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is put one’s house in order and its meaning is “improve one’s own behaviour before criticizing others”.
Example Sentence: China on Friday accused the U.S. of hypocrisy. “The U.S. has always bragged about so-called democracy and human rights, but the facts repeatedly show that the U.S. record in this area is full of stains,” Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular briefing. He said Washington should “put its own house in order” and defended China’s political system.
This word is present in The Hindu International Page article U.S. seeks ‘full accounting’ of Tiananmen massacre and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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