Meanings
proverb
- A man’s achievements are made possible by the support and work of their wife or female partner.
Synonyms: behind every great man is a great woman, behind every great man there stands a woman
Synonyms & antonyms
proverbA man’s achievements are made possible by the support and work of their wife or female partner.
Translations
Arabic وَرَاءَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ عَظِيمٍ اِمْرَأَةٌ
- وَرَاءَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ عَظِيمٍ اِمْرَأَةٌ (warāʔa kulli rajulin ʕaẓīmin imraʔatun)men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Chinese Mandarin 每個成功的男人背後都有一個女人 /每个成功的男人背后都有一个女人
- 每個成功的男人背後都有一個女人 /每个成功的男人背后都有一个女人 (měi gè chénggōng de nánrén bèihòu dōu yǒu yīgè nǚrén)men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Dutch achter elke grote man staat een vrouw
- achter elke grote man staat een vrouwmen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Finnish jokaisen menestyvän miehen takana on nainen
- jokaisen menestyvän miehen takana on nainenmen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
French tout homme qui réussit a une femme derrière lui
- tout homme qui réussit a une femme derrière luimen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
German hinter jedem erfolgreichen Mann steht eine Frau
- hinter jedem erfolgreichen Mann steht eine Fraumen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Hebrew מאחורי כל גבר מצליח עומדת אישה
- מאחורי כל גבר מצליח עומדת אישה (meakhoréy kol géver matslíakh omédet ishá)men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Hindi हर सफल पुरुष के पीछे एक महिला होती है
- हर सफल पुरुष के पीछे एक महिला होती है (har saphal puruṣ ke pīche ek mahilā hotī hai)men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Indonesian di belakang setiap pria sukses ada seorang wanita hebat
- di belakang setiap pria sukses ada seorang wanita hebatmen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Japanese すべての成功した男の後ろに女がいる
- すべての成功した男の後ろに女がいる (subete no seikō shita otoko no ushiro ni onna ga iru)men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Latvian aiz katra veiksmīga vīrieša stāv sieviete
- aiz katra veiksmīga vīrieša stāv sievietemen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Lithuanian už kiekvieno sėkmingo vyro stovi moteris
- už kiekvieno sėkmingo vyro stovi moterismen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Norwegian Bokmål bak hver vellykket mann står en kvinne
- bak hver vellykket mann står en kvinnemen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Portuguese por trás de todo grande homem existe uma grande mulher
- por trás de todo grande homem existe uma grande mulhermen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Russian за ка́ждым успе́шным мужчи́ной стои́т же́нщина
- за ка́ждым успе́шным мужчи́ной стои́т же́нщина (za káždym uspéšnym mužčínoj stoít žénščina)men's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Spanish detrás de un gran hombre hay una gran mujer
- detrás de un gran hombre hay una gran mujermen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Swedish bakom varje framgångsrik man står en kvinna
- bakom varje framgångsrik man står en kvinnamen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Turkish her başarılı erkeğin arkasında bir kadın vardır
- her başarılı erkeğin arkasında bir kadın vardırmen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
Vietnamese đằng sau một người đàn ông thành công luôn có bóng dáng người phụ nữ
- đằng sau một người đàn ông thành công luôn có bóng dáng người phụ nữmen's success often depends on the support and work of their wives or female partners
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behind every successful man there stands a woman. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/behind%20every%20successful%20man%20there%20stands%20a%20woman
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