Learn English – n adage in English for “realizing you are not the biggest”

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There is an adage in South Asia which literally translates to: A camel has finally seen the mountain. Which basically goes back to a story where a camel used to think that it was the tallest until it sees a mountain and it realizes that it isn't and there are things taller and bigger than it.

Here is an example usage: BlackBerry used to think they were the biggest in cell phone market until they saw Apple; the camel has seen the mountain.

Is there an expression in English for this?

Best Answer

There’s always a bigger fish conveys a similar concept:

No matter how large or intimidating a person or thing is, there is likely to be an even larger or more intimidating person or thing somewhere.

(Wiktionary)

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