expression, noun
in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Proverb meaning that someone of mediocre ability can stand out when surrounded by those even less capable. Literally 'a bat in a village without birds'.
あの会社では、鳥なき里の蝙蝠で、彼が一番のエース扱いだ。
In that company, he's treated like the top ace, but it's really a case of 'in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king'.
A Japanese proverb of uncertain origin, likely adapted from a similar Chinese or Western saying. The literal image is of a bat, which is not a bird, becoming prominent in a village where there are no birds.