ProverbHuman Nature
Portuguese origin
Portuguese originSantos da casa não fazem milagres
Meaning: People are rarely valued by those closest to them.
Literally: Home saints don't work miracles
Example: “Na empresa ninguém lhe dava valor, mas lá fora é disputado. Santos da casa não fazem milagres.” — At the company nobody valued him, but elsewhere they compete for him: no man is a prophet in his own country.
Equivalents in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and 3 more languages
English: No man is a prophet in his own country
French: Nul n'est prophète en son pays (literally: No one is a prophet in his own country)
Spanish: Nadie es profeta en su tierra (literally: Nobody is a prophet in his own land)
German: Der Prophet gilt nichts im eigenen Land (literally: The prophet counts for nothing in his own land)
Italian: Nessuno è profeta in patria (literally: No one is a prophet in their homeland)
Dutch: Geen profeet is in zijn eigen land geëerd (literally: No prophet is honored in his own land)
Russian: Нет пророка в своём отечестве (Net proroka v svoyom otechestve) (literally: There's no prophet in his own homeland)
Polish: Nikt nie jest prorokiem między swymi (literally: No one is a prophet among his own)
Origin: The familiar saint in your own parish chapel seems to perform no miracles, while distant shrines draw the pilgrims. It echoes the Gospel saying that no prophet is accepted in his own country.
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