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Difference between Live in a fishbowl and Live in a glass house

live in a fishbowl (also: live in a goldfish bowl)have absolutely no privacy:

  • Life on campus can be like living in a fishbowl. Everyone knows what everyone else is doing.

live in a glass housebe particularly vulnerable to criticism (with reference to the proverb “he who lives in a glass house shouldn’t throw stones”):

  • Before we criticize, we should ask, “What role did I play in creating the condition that I choose to criticize?” …We all live in glass houses. Let’s take care in deciding when and how we throw stones.