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I miss the meaning. Here's what I had to search for: - "A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men" - It is not proper for a woman to
by thih9 3y ago
I miss the meaning. Here's what I had to search for:
- "A whistling woman and a crowing hen are neither fit for God nor men" - It is not proper for a woman to engage in overtly masculine behavior. Source: https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+whistling+woman+and+a+crowing+hen+are+neither+fit+for+God+nor+men https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/a+whistling+woman+and+a...
- "The music of the rich is always pleasant, even if played on a jawbone" - I still don't know what this was supposed to mean.
I like how wikipedia presents the proverbs from Netherlandish Proverbs[1], with a list, an image, and the meaning.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#List_of_proverbs_and_idioms_featured_in_the_painting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlandish_Proverbs#List_of...
- yorwba 3y ago"play on a jawbone" is in the Netherlandish Proverbs Wikipedia article as "play on the pillory" = "attract attention to one's shameful acts" – in Dutch, "kaak" means both "jaw" and "pillory" https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaak#Dutch https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kaak#Dutch
- vpribish 3y agoso it's a visual pun that only makes sense in Dutch/Flemish. this is excellent!
- smokeyfish 3y agoPeople will put up with a lot of bullshit if they think the bulshitter is wealthy and they may benefit.
- isodev 3y agoLiterally big tech explained with just one proverb.
- croisillon 3y agomy french grandmother used to say that girls whistling made the holy virgin weep
- soferio 3y agoI think the second mocks the inclination of humans to reflexively admire everything that high status (ie rich) people do or say. It is similar to this amusing Yiddish saying: https://www.yiddishwit.com/gallery/sing.html https://www.yiddishwit.com/gallery/sing.html