Jill: How on earth did Joe get promoted to be head of his department? He's such a blunderer! Jane: In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
in the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king — ‘A little wit, among foolish people, will pass a man for a great genius’ (T. Fielding Proverbs of all Nations (1824) 23); also used of ability as well as wit. Cf. ERASMUS Adages III. iv. in regione caecorum rex est luscus, in the kingdom of the… … Proverbs new dictionary
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