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Exactly!
"It takes one to know one" is usually used in a mocking or derogative way. When someone says someone else is an idiot, or whatever derogatory term, a reply could be "It takes one to know one," meaning that only someone who is also an idiot would recognize another idiot.
"Only a person with identical character traits would be able to recognize those traits in someone else. Often used as a curt rejoinder to deflect an accusation; you're only saying that about me because it's true of you. Originated in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century."
From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).
"It takes one to know one" is usually used in a mocking or derogative way. When someone says someone else is an idiot, or whatever derogatory term, a reply could be "It takes one to know one," meaning that only someone who is also an idiot would recognize another idiot.
"Only a person with identical character traits would be able to recognize those traits in someone else. Often used as a curt rejoinder to deflect an accusation; you're only saying that about me because it's true of you. Originated in the late nineteenth or early twentieth century."
From "Random House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings" by Gregory Y. Titelman (Random House, New York, 1996).