1. today korea is the only country in the world which is seperated entirely by the power of thefour most important nations on the globe - china, russia, japan and america - a shrimp among whales, as the old korean saying has it.

여기서 has it 을 어떻게 해석해야 할까요? it은 무엇을 가리키며 has는 무슨 뜻으로 쓰였는지가 궁금합니다 ㅜ.ㅜ