This Moroccan proverb is from the Wit and Wisdom of Morocco by Edward Westermack:
اذا حلف فيك الرجل بت نعس و اذا حلف فيك النساء بت فيق
(ida halfu feek r-rajul bat na'as wa ida halfu feek an-nisa' bat fayeq)
Literal meaning: if men swear to harm you, sleep through the night, but if women swear to harm you, stay awake.
Meaning: women are more dangerous than men, as in the Kipling poem: "the female of the species is more deadly than the male"
اذا حلف فيك الرجل بت نعس و اذا حلف فيك النساء بت فيق
(ida halfu feek r-rajul bat na'as wa ida halfu feek an-nisa' bat fayeq)
Literal meaning: if men swear to harm you, sleep through the night, but if women swear to harm you, stay awake.
Meaning: women are more dangerous than men, as in the Kipling poem: "the female of the species is more deadly than the male"
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