The Blind Leading the Blind, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568
The blind leading the blind" is an idiom and a metaphor in the form of a parallel phrase, it is used to describe a situation where a person who knows nothing is getting advice and help from another person who knows almost nothing.
Bruegel painted The Blind the year before his death. It has a bitter, sorrowful tone, which may be related to the establishment of the Council of Troubles in 1567 by the government of the Spanish Netherlands. The council ordered mass arrests and executions to enforce Spanish rule and suppress Protestantism. The placement of Sint-Anna Church of the village Sint-Anna-Pede has led to both pro- and anti-Catholic interpretations, though it is not clear that the painting was meant as a political statement.
New word - blind
Meaning: unable to see.
Examples: The blind men in the picture are holding on to each other so that they don't fall.
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German "blint" - blind, Old English "blandan" - to mix
Перевод - слепой