Origins of saying

[cp1969]

Anyone familiar with the origins of the phrase "No man is a prophet in his own land"?

 

[czechsonofagun]

Anyone familiar with the origins of the phrase "No man is a prophet in his own land"?

I can not help you here - but in czech language we say the same thing: Doma není nikdo prorokem.

 

[DieselPower]

I think it's a play on words of the quote out of the bible which goes.

Luke 4:24 Then He said, "Assuredly, I say to you no prophet is accepted in his own country."

 

[cp1969]

Thank you. I suspected it might have Biblical origins. Lotta good stuff in there.

 

[Podunkadunk]

I think my wife coined that phrase! She's always telling me I don't know shiznit, or I don't know what I"m talking about!

 

[RobertN]

Interesting where sayings come from. Guns have a lot of sayings, like "lock, stock, and barrel(from back in the old matchlock days). Right on target. Trigger happy. And many others.

Then there's sailing stuff, like three sheets to the wind...

 

[N80]

I think my wife coined that phrase! She's always telling me I don't know shiznit, or I don't know what I"m talking about!

Maybe you can use this one:


He will say, 'I am not a prophet. I am a farmer; the land has been my livelihood since my youth. '

Zechariah 13:5

 

[dougj7]

Jesus said it:

Luk 4:24 And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own country.

BLB (KJV) Luk 4

 

[DieselPower]

Didn't I say that already?

 

[czechsonofagun]

Interesting where sayings come from. Guns have a lot of sayings, like "lock, stock, and barrel(from back in the old matchlock days). Right on target. Trigger happy. And many others.

Then there's sailing stuff, like three sheets to the wind...

I like this one: "whole nine yards"

One of the explanation is that it was invented by fighter pilots during World War Two. It is said the .50 calibre machine gun ammunition belts in an aircraft of the period measured exactly 27 feet. If the pilots fired all their ammo at a target, they would say that it got “the whole nine yards”.