What does it mean?
Everyone has reason to show the good side of their own home or work, without exaggerating.
Closest English saying: Blow your own trumpet (gently).
What does it literally say?
Άμα δεν παινέψεις το σπίτι σου, θα πέσει να σε πλακώσει
Áma den penépsis to spíti sou, tha pési na se plakósi
“If you don’t praise your own house, it will fall and crush you.”
The house is personified as something that demands recognition from the person who looks after it.
How is it used?
“Present your team with confidence. If you don’t praise your own house, it will fall and crush you.”
Where does it come from?
Traditional Greek folk usage. eipane has not documented a first author or a first written record for this saying.
This is an English edition of the Greek entry, which remains the reference version. The English text was written from the Greek entry with the help of AI tools and checked against it. Suggest a correction ↗