women and children first
Frauen und Kinder zuerst
An exhortation to follow the principle of removing women and children from danger…An exhortation to follow the principle of removing women and children from danger before men.
Meaning
1 sensesAn exhortation to follow the principle of removing women and children from danger before men.
Frauen und Kinder zuerst
Translations
4 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
exhortation:
Origin
The earliest known usage of this phrase is from 1912, when RMS Titanic was sinking.The earliest known usage of this phrase is from 1912, when RMS Titanic was sinking.
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