Yiddish Wit: No one sees the hump on his own back.

Yiddish: No one sees the hump on his own back.

SOURCE: Kumove, Words Like Arrows. Compare:

.דער מענטש האָט גרויסע אויגן און זעט ניט זײַנע אייגענע פֿעלערן
Der mentsh hot groyse oygn un zet nit zayne eygene felern.
A person has big eyes but can't see his own faults.

SOURCE: Stutchkoff, Der Oytser fun der Yidisher Shprakh.

קײנער זעט ניט זײַן אײגענעם הױקער.

Keyner zet nit zayn eygenem hoyker.

No one sees the hump on his own back.