Famous Sayings: #5 — ‘The Blind Leading the Blind’

April 10, 2016

…the blind leading the blind.

Abel Grimmer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Not to poke fun at the visually impaired, but I have always found the humor is this saying. While the literal version, as depicted in the painting above, is quite humorous as well, the figurative definition nearly makes me crack a smile each time I think of it.

Why did I decide to go with this one now? As I was working on my second featured post, I came across this other idiom that people often use. You would be surprised at how many sayings originate from the Bible. (Or maybe you won’t.)

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Which Bible Verse?

In this case, I would need to go over the full context. Everything was set up in most of a chapter.