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Phrase(s): A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.
Prov. Everyone recognizes that a wise person is wise, except for the people close to him or her. (Biblical.) • No one in the novelist’s country would publish her books, but last year she won the Nobel Prize. A prophet is not without honor save in his own country.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs