棚(たな)に上(あ)げる

たなにあげる
expression
to ignore one's own faults (while criticizing others)
idiomcommunication
1. to ignore one's own faults (while criticizing others); to conveniently overlook
To put one's own shortcomings aside, as if placing them up on a shelf out of sight, while blaming or criticizing someone else for the same thing.
自分(じぶん)のことは棚(たな)に上(あ)げる。
To overlook one's own faults.
自分(じぶん)の遅刻(ちこく)を棚(たな)に上(あ)げて人(ひと)を責(せ)める。
He blames others while ignoring his own lateness.
自分(じぶん)のことを棚(たな)に上(あ)げて言(い)うけど、もう少(すこ)し早(はや)く起(お)きたほうがいいよ。
I know I'm one to talk, but you'd better get up a little earlier.

Almost always in the pattern 自分(じぶん)のことは/を棚(たな)に上(あ)げて (ignoring one's own faults). Speakers also use it about themselves as a modest disclaimer before criticizing: 自分(じぶん)のことを棚(たな)に上(あ)げて言(い)うと (I know I'm one to talk, but…).

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Compare: 棚上(たなあ)げ (shelving)
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Added 2026.9.28 9:59 · Revised 2026.9.28 9:59
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