"灯台下暗し" meaning in All languages combined

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Proverb [Japanese]

Forms: 灯台下暗し [canonical] (ruby: (とう), (だい), (もと), (くら)), tōdai moto kurashi [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proverb|とうだい もと くらし}} 灯(とう)台(だい)下(もと)暗(くら)し • (tōdai moto kurashi)
  1. the darkest place is under the candlestick; can't see the wood for the trees; people often known little of what happens under their noses; lit. "dark under a candlestick"

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