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Languagle #34: Thai

September 18, 2026 · spoken in Thailand

กบในกะลาครอบ

kop nai kala khrop

"A frog under a coconut shell."

What it means

Said of someone with a narrow view of the world who believes they know everything. The Thai version of the frog-in-the-well image that also opens the Japanese set.

What kind of saying it is

Oral tradition. Passed down by word of mouth. Sayings like this have no single author.

Source

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