hverjum þykir sinn fugl fagur

Icelandic

Proverb

hverjum þykir sinn fugl fagur ("each person finds their own bird to be beautiful")

  1. People perceive the things that are "theirs" (that they have made, that belongs to them, or is something that they identify with) through rose-colored glasses – it is perceived as being better than it may really be. Can for example be applied to parents, who usually view their own children as being exceptionally beautiful or skilled.
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