鳥とりなき里さとの蝙蝠こうもり

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'.

• あの会かい社しゃでは、鳥とりなき里さとの蝙蝠こうもりで、彼かれが一いち番ばんのエース扱あつかいだ。

  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'.