JLPT N3Proverbs

井の中の蛙大海を知らず

Meaning
狭い世界しか知らない者は広い世界のことを知らない
Explanation
「井の中の蛙大海を知らず」 means that, just as a frog in a well does not know the wide ocean, a person who knows only a narrow world is unaware of the wider world outside and assumes that only their own view is correct. It is not c2's explanation about the animal.
Original Japanese explanation

「井の中の蛙大海を知らず」は、井戸の中の蛙が広い海を知らないように、狭い世界しか知らない人は、外の広い世界のことを知らずに、自分の考えだけが正しいと思いこむことを表します。c2 の動物の説明ではありません。

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