The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (183 page)

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The FEMALE of the species is more deadly than the male
.
The phrase
the female of the species
is often used with allusion to the proverb.
1911
in
Morning Post
20 Oct. 7
The she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail, For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
1922
Clicking of Cuthbert
ix.
The Bingley-Perkins combination, owing to some inspired work by the female of the species, managed to keep their lead.
1979
Guardian
28 Apr. 12
We know phrases about the female of the species being more deadly than the male, but the suffragettes .. seemed to have gone into .. abeyance.
women

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