In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. 
Proverbs on a similar topic
- Necessity is the mother of invention.
- To make a virtue of necessity.
- Nothing for nothing.
- Half a loaf is better than no bread.
- Poverty is the mother of crime.
- Losers are always in the wrong.
- Poverty is no sin.
- Poverty is the mother of all arts.
- An empty sack cannot stand upright.
- Where nothing is the king must lose his right.
- An empty purse fills the face with wrinkles.
- If thou hast not a capon, feed on an onion.
- A man cannot give What he hasn't got.
- Need makes the old wife trot.
- The beggar may sing before the thief.
- If it should rain pottage, he would want his dish.
- Nail drives out nail.
- Who has no horse may ride on a staff.
Related proverbs
Similar proverbs in the same language
English
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In the kingdom of blind men the one-eyed is king.
Similar proverbs in another language
Latin
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Monoculus inter caecos rex.
The monocle is king among the blind.
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Beati monoculi in terra caecorum.
Blessed are the monocles in the land of the blind.
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Inter caecos regnat strabus.
Among the blind, the straw reigns.
French
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Au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
German
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Unter den Blinden ist der Einäugige König.
Among the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
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Der Hinkende ist unter den Einbeinigen König.
The limping man is king among the one-legged.
Czech
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Mezi slepými jednooký králem.
Among the blind, the one-eyed king.
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V nerybných krajích i rak za rybu platí.
In non-fishable regions, even the crayfish pays for the fish.
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Snadno v pustém lese hvízdati.
It is easy to whistle in a desolate forest.