OXFORD 9000
📚 phrase • entry_id 61091

a woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle

/ə ˈwʊmən wɪðˌaʊt ə ˈmæn ɪz laɪk ə ˈfɪʃ wɪðˌaʊt ə ˈbaɪsɪkl̩/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
una mujer sin un hombre es como un pez sin bicicleta
A woman is capable of living a complete and independent life without a man.
No matter how hip or how liberated I got to be, I could never really convince my deepest self that a woman without a man, at least when the music started, was like a fish without a…
We found this anonymous contribution to International Women's Year on a wall at Forest Lodge: "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle."
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