Talk:井底之蛙

Many similar idioms in neighbouring languages. These look like they were influenced by Chinese:

• Japanese 井の中の蛙大海を知らず (“A frog in a well cannot conceive of the ocean.”)
• Korean 우물 안 개구리 (umul an gaeguri, “frog in a well”)
• Vietnamese ếch ngồi đáy giếng (“frog at the bottom of a well”)

But the well becomes a coconut shell in more tropical languages:

• Malay katak di bawah tempurung (“a frog under a (coconut) shell”)
• Thai กบในกะลา (gòp-nai-gà-laa, “a frog in a coconut shell”)

And in India:

• Hindi कूप-मंडूक (kūp-maṇḍūk, “well-frog”) (< Sanskrit? Kupamanduka)

What gives?? Wyang (talk) 01:39, 22 September 2017 (UTC)