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दीये तले अँधेरा
Language:
hi
1.
India
Hindi-speaking regions
neutral
Darkness beneath a lamp; the literal contrast of a light source failing to illuminate its immediate surroundings.
2.
India
Hindi-speaking regions
proverbial
colloquial
A proverb meaning that people often fail to notice problems or obvious facts that are very close to them.
Examples:
HI:
कि ना दीये तले अँधेरा हो,
EN:
(The height of the cloud deck is not known.)
EN:
is not the darkness of the tomb,
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