unsung hero

English

unsung hero (plural unsung heroes)

One who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition for them.
- 2002, John Catsoulis, “Foreword”, in Designing Embedded Hardware, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page xi:
  Embedded computers are the unsung heroes of modern life.

one who does great deeds but receives little or no recognition

Arabic: بطل مجهول‎ m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 無名英雄／无名英雄 (zh) (wúmíng yīngxióng)
Finnish: tuntematon sankari
German: stiller Held m, unbeachteter Held m
Hungarian: (méltatlanul) elfeledett/mellőzött/alulértékelt/háttérbe szorult/figyelmen kívül hagyott hős, észrevétlen/néma/csendes hős, nem eléggé méltányolt/elismert/dicsért/magasztalt hős (often specifying the profession instead of hős (“hero”))
Japanese: 縁の下の力持ち (ja) (えんのしたのちからもち, en no shita no chikaramochi)
Thai: ปิดทองหลังพระ (th) (bpìt-tɔɔng-lǎng-prá)

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