自じ分ぶんのことは棚たなに上あげる

expression, ichidan verb

ignore one's own faults; act hypocritically

Idiomatic expression meaning to criticize others while ignoring one's own similar shortcomings; literally 'to put one's own matters on the shelf'.

See also: 棚に上げる

• 彼かれは人ひとの遅ち刻こくを怒おこるけど、自じ分ぶんのことは棚たなに上あげているよね。

  He gets angry at others for being late, but he ignores his own tardiness, doesn't he?

• 自じ分ぶんのことは棚たなに上あげて、よくそんなことが言いえるね。

  How can you say that while ignoring your own faults?