English
Alternative forms
- in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Proverb
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
- Among others with a disadvantage or disability, the one with the mildest disadvantage or disability is regarded as the greatest.
- Even someone without much talent or ability is considered special by those with no talent or ability at all.
Translations
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
- Arabic:
- Catalan: al pais del cecs, el tort és el rei
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 蜀中無大將，廖化作先鋒, 蜀中无大将，廖化作先锋 (shǔ zhōng wú dà jiàng，liào huà zuò xiān fēng)
- Czech: mezi slepými je jednooký králem
- Danish: i de blindes land er den enøjede mand konge
- Dutch: in het land der blinden is eenoog koning
- Finnish: sokeiden maassa yksisilmäinen on kuningas
- French: au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois (fr)
- German: unter den Blinden ist der Einäugige König (de)
- Greek: στη χώρα των τυφλών, ο μονόφθαλμος είναι βασιλιάς (sti chóra ton tyflón, o monófthalmos eínai vasiliás), στους τυφλούς, βασιλεύει ο μονόφθαλμος (stous tyfloús, vasilévei o monófthalmos)
- Hebrew: בממלכת העיוורים שתום העין הוא מלך
- Hungarian: vakok között félszemű a király
- Indonesian: di negeri orang buta, seorang bermata satu adalah raja, di tanah orang buta, seorang bermata satu adalah raja
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- Italian: nella terra dei ciechi beato chi ha un occhio
- Japanese: 鳥無き里の蝙蝠 (とりなきさとのこうもり, torinaki sato no kōmori)
- Korean: 무호동중이작호 (無虎洞中狸作虎) (muhodongjung-ijakho )
- Latin: in regione caecorum rex est luscus
- Norwegian: i de blindes land er den énøyde konge
- Polish: w kraju ślepców jednooki jest królem n
- Portuguese: na terra dos cegos quem tem um olho é rei
- Romanian: în țara orbilor și chiorul e împărat
- Russian: в стране слепых одноглазый — коро́ль (v strane slepyx odnoglazyj — korólʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian: у земљи слепих, ћорави су краљеви
- Spanish: en el reino de los ciegos, el tuerto es el rey (es)
- Swedish: i de blindas land är den enögde kung
- Tamil: epeidy ircinge (epeidy ircinge)
- Thai: ในดินแดนของคนตาบอด คนที่มีตาข้างเดียวคือราชา
- Turkish: körler ülkesinde tek gözü olan kral olur
- Ukrainian:
- Vietnamese: thằng chột làm vua xứ mù
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