| 单词 | the female of the species is more deadly than the male |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe female of the species is more deadly than the male P2. the female of the species is more deadly than the male and variants: (after or in allusion to Kipling, see quot. 1911) a woman is more ruthless and vicious than a man. ΚΠ 1911 R. Kipling Female of Species in Morning Post 20 Oct. 7/3 When hunter meets with husband, each confirms the other's tale—The female of the species is more deadly than the male. 1915 Public 18 442/1 It is poor logic that declares that the ‘female of the species is more deadly than the male’, because the courtesan near the throne precipitates a war, or a poverty-maddened virago mans a street barricade. 1986 P. E. Firchow Death of German Cousin 111 Mary demonstrates the ‘truth’ that the female of the species is deadlier than the male: she puts paid to a German. 2007 Times (Nexis) 13 Jan. 69 The female of the species is more deadly than the male. Especially when you criticise her child or her child-rearing competence. < as lemmas |
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