é difícil ser-se pároco na sua freguesia

English translation: No man is a prophet in his own country

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Portuguese term or phrase:	é difícil ser-se pároco na sua freguesia
English translation:	No man is a prophet in his own country
Entered by:	David Swain

15:57 Feb 23, 2011

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Portuguese term or phrase: é difícil ser-se pároco na sua freguesia

This is apparently an expression in Portugal, although not one that I have ever heard.

It is taken from a recent speech in the European Parliament by the Portuguese MEP, Mário David.

It is taken from this paragraph:
"É preciso, e termino Senhora Presidente, que a Europa no seu todo, e não apenas alguns líderes em conjunto ou isoladamente - em português diz-se, Senhora Alta Representante, "é difícil ser-se pároco na sua freguesia" -, assuma um papel claro de liderança política na ajuda a estas reformas e encontre para o Médio Oriente um novo paradigma, sem radicalismo, no respeito pelos direitos humanos, e das mulheres em particular."

The entire speech can be seen here:
http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//...

David Swain KudoZ activity Questions: 129 (none open) (2 without valid answers) (16 closed without grading) Answers: 3 United Kingdom
Local time: 18:37

No man is a prophet in his own country.

Explanation:
Check out wikiproverbs.com :

http://www.wikiproverbs.com/index.php/No_man_is_a_prophet_in...

It includes two other options:

- No man is a hero to his valet.

- Never a prophet was valued in his native country.

Selected response from:

Laureana Pavon
Uruguay
Local time: 14:37

Grading comment

Thanks very much.

This is a more up-to-date rewording of the King James version which is, after all, early seventeenth-century English.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

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it's difficult/hard to be a prophet in one's/your own land

Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira

you can't please everyone all the time

Nick Taylor

No man is a prophet in his own country.

Laureana Pavon

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7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

it's difficult/hard to be a prophet in one's/your own land

Explanation:
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Luciano Eduardo de Oliveira
Brazil
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 83

1 hr confidence:

you can't please everyone all the time

Explanation:
you can't please everyone all the time

Nick Taylor
Local time: 18:37
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 121

2 hrs confidence:

No man is a prophet in his own country.

Laureana Pavon
Uruguay
Local time: 14:37
Native speaker of:

Spanish,

English

Grading comment

Thanks very much.

This is a more up-to-date rewording of the King James version which is, after all, early seventeenth-century English.

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