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27 gen 2016
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Inglese (Stati Uniti)
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Francese (Francia)
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Che cosa significa "...which often drives the fair sex round the twist poor things" ?
Che cosa significa "...which often drives the fair sex round the twist poor things" ?
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- Inglese (Stati Uniti)
- Inglese (Regno Unito)
Sounds like the person who said this was a Londoner during the twentieth century or before? Anyway, it means that whatever the subject is in this case it is something that confuses women (but not men).
- Arabo
I think "Fair sex" is a reference to women. "Fair" in this case doesn't refer to justice, but rather beauty.
- Inglese (Stati Uniti)
- Inglese (Regno Unito)
@hasen fair sex refers to women, yes. Fair doesn't refer to beauty however in this case but to frailty, whoever originally wrote the saying in the question, I am not their biggest fan.

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