FROG IN A WELL

The Japanese equivalent of this in its full version is 「井の中の蛙大海を知らず」 which has an entry in the「日英故事ことわざ辞典」translated as "The frog in a well is ignorant of the (vast) sea." The dictionary suggests two equivalents to this proverb in English, one of them being the cryptic, "They think a calf a muckle beast that never saw a cow." The 4th edition of the 広辞苑 gives the following definition, 「考えや知識が狭くて、もっと広い世界があることを知らない。世間知らずのこと、見識の狭いことにいう。」However, in the case of the blogs here at FrogInAWell.net, this old saying is simply meant to indicate that we are all limited in our perspectives, and can all benefit from sharing them... The website's logo is based on an original painting by Joseph Y. Lo and used with permission.