Meaning
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A well-known line from Rudyard Kipling's poem The Female of the Species, 1911: When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride, He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside. But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail. For the female of the species is more deadly than the male. See also: the List of Proverbs.
A well-known line from Rudyard Kipling’s poem The Female of the Species, 1911:
When the Himalayan peasant meets the he-bear in his pride,
He shouts to scare the monster, who will often turn aside.
But the she-bear thus accosted rends the peasant tooth and nail.
For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.
See also: the List of Proverbs.
Historical trend
Source: Google Books Ngrams (1860–2020).