Webcentive Proverbs

Proverb from Sri Lanka

Sinhala

ළිඳේ ඉන්න ගෙම්බා වගෙයි.

Ḷin̆dē inna gembā vageyi.

“Like the frog in a well.”

Meaning

Said of someone who knows only their own small corner. Senaveratna: “Sees and knows nothing of the world outside.”

Source

John M. Senaveratna, Dictionary of Proverbs of the Sinhalese (Colombo, 1936; reprint New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 2005), p. 58, under “Frogs”, on archive.org

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