A frog in the well can only see a day as big as the wellhead. Refers to people who have no foresight and only know a little.

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A frog lives in an abandoned well. One day, the frog met a chinemys reevesii from the sea by the well. The frog boasted to the tortoise, "Look, I'm so happy to live here. Sometimes I'm happy. I just jumped by the well for a while. When you are tired, go back to the well and sleep in the brick hole for a while.

After listening to the frog, the tortoise wanted to go in and have a look. But its left foot has not been fully inserted, and its right foot has tripped. He quickly took two steps back and told the frog about the sea, saying, "Have you ever seen the sea? It is vast, but it stops at a thousand miles, unfathomable. Which one is thousands of feet? " . Living in such a sea is really happy! The frog in the well listened to the tortoise and stayed there in surprise. There is nothing more to say.

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Related allegorical sayings:

1. The frog in Yuanmingyuan-still barking?

2. The dumb child caught the frog-secretly pleased?

3. The little frog climbed the axe-gave up his stomach?

4. Boil frogs in warm water-slowly add fire?

5. Frog in the net bag-touch it.

6. Frog at the bottom of a well-can't jump out?

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