ladies first

English

Proverb

ladies first

1. A phrase encouraging perceived polite gentlemanliness, allowing the ladies to go before the men.

Translations

phrase encouraging gentlemanliness

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 女士優先／女士优先 (zh) (nǚshì yōuxiān), 女士优先 (zh) (nǚshìyōuxiān)

• Danish: damerne først
• Dutch: dames gaan voor (nl)
• Finnish: naiset ensin
• French: les dames d’abord
• German: Ladies first
• Italian: primo le dame
• Japanese: レディーファースト (redī fāsuto)
• Korean: 레이디 퍼스트 (reidi peoseuteu)
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: damene først

• Polish: panie przodem
• Portuguese: primeiro as damas
• Russian: да́мы вперёд (dámy vperjód)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: даме имају предност

  Roman: dame imaju prednost

• Spanish: las mujeres primero
• Swedish: damerna först
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• women and children first

Anagrams

• First Ladies, first ladies