群ぐん盲もう

noun

the blind masses; the ignorant masses; the unenlightened masses

Figurative use: refers to the general public as lacking insight or knowledge, often in a critical or literary context. Common in the proverb 群盲象を評す (the blind men appraising an elephant).

• 群ぐん盲もう象ぞうを評ひょうすという諺ことわざがある。

  There is a proverb: the blind men appraising an elephant.

• 彼かれの意い見けんは群ぐん盲もうの一人ひとりに過すぎない。

  His opinion is merely that of one of the blind masses.

noun

many blind people

Original, literal meaning: a group of blind people. Now rare and mostly encountered in the proverb or in historical contexts.

• 群ぐん盲もうが集あつまって象ぞうの話はなしをしていた。

  A group of blind people gathered and talked about an elephant.