Meanings
- Women have great influence on their male partners or husbands and can have anything done for them.
Translations
Catalan estira més un pèl de figa que una maroma de vaixell, tira més un pèl de cony que una mula
- estira més un pèl de figa que una maroma de vaixellwomen have great influence on their male partners
- tira més un pèl de cony que una mulawomen have great influence on their male partners
- tira més un pèl de dona que cent muleswomen have great influence on their male partners
Greek το μουνί σέρνει καράβι
- το μουνί σέρνει καράβι (to mouní sérnei karávi)women have great influence on their male partners
Italian tira più un pelo di fica che un carro di buoi
- tira più un pelo di fica che un carro di buoiwomen have great influence on their male partners
Spanish tiran más dos tetas que dos carretas, dos tetas tiran más que dos carretas
- tiran más dos tetas que dos carretaswomen have great influence on their male partners
- dos tetas tiran más que dos carretaswomen have great influence on their male partners
- un pelo de concha tira más que una yunta de bueyeswomen have great influence on their male partners
Cite this entry
one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20hair%20of%20a%20woman%20can%20draw%20more%20than%20a%20hundred%20pair%20of%20oxen
“one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20hair%20of%20a%20woman%20can%20draw%20more%20than%20a%20hundred%20pair%20of%20oxen. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/one%20hair%20of%20a%20woman%20can%20draw%20more%20than%20a%20hundred%20pair%20of%20oxen.
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