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netmaretoday at 9:40 AM1 replyview on HN

There's a Greek proverb disputing the latter: they are spitting on him and he thinks it's raining.


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klibertptoday at 10:40 AM

Interestingly, an almost identical proverb exists in Polish ("him" is replaced with "swine" canonically, but it's often replaced by a person's name). It's used to suggest that someone is either too dumb or too self-assured to accept criticism. Is the intended meaning similar in Greek?