우물 안 개구리

Meaning: Someone with a narrow, limited worldview.

Language: Korean

Literally: A frog in a well

Category: Animals

Origin: Korean proverb derived from Chinese philosophy (Zhuangzi).

More idioms — Animals

• 꿩 먹고 알 먹고 — Getting two benefits from one action.
• Когда рак на горе свистнет — When pigs fly; never.
• Медвежья услуга — Help that actually makes things worse.
• Тянуть кота за хвост — To procrastinate; to drag something out.
• Делать из мухи слона — To blow things way out of proportion.
• 对牛弹琴 — Reasoning with someone who cannot understand.

More Korean idioms

• 발 없는 말이 천리 간다 — Gossip and rumors spread incredibly fast.
• 소 잃고 외양간 고친다 — Taking preventive action only after suffering loss; closing the stable door after the hor…
• 백지장도 맞들면 낫다 — Cooperation and teamwork make even difficult tasks easier; many hands make light work.
• 호랑이도 제 말 하면 온다 — Speaking of someone often enough may cause them to unexpectedly appear; talk of the devil.
• 종로에서 뺨을 맞고 강남역에서 화낸다 — Venting frustration on innocent people due to humiliation elsewhere; displaced anger towa…
• 발이 넓다 — To be extremely well-connected.

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