Help with dissertation about antiproverbs

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Hello. I am writing the dissertation about English antiproverbs with the components "man" and "woman". Could you provide me with some examples.
e.g.An onion a day keeps everybody away. This is an example of antiproverb
Thank you in advance

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@MariaFS,

A rolling stone gathers momentum. (not 'no moss)

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@MariaFS,

you are doing a dissertation on antiproverbs?.

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@farmerman,

It's one part of my dissertation. I'm analysing proverbs, antiproverbs, quotations about men and women.

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@MariaFS,

ow, Im sorry Im not quick with the turn of proverbs , but WOW.

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@MariaFS,

A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand.

If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, perhaps you've misunderstood the situation.

One man's meat shouldn't be waved about on the bus.

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@izzythepush,

izzythepush wrote:

A bird in the bush is worth two in the hand.

fer sure

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The saxophone is an ill wind that nobody blows any good.

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@MariaFS,

First, you would not use the definite article with dissertation in this case. You would write "a dissertation," not "the dissertation."

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read."

--G. Marx

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Why lookee there . . . not only does your English suck, you're trying to spam the site. Oh, you're a bad little bot.

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Wow . . . kudos to the moderator on duty. That spam post was removed within minutes!

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I would suggest to you that you look for Dorothy Parker quotes, she was quite good at this sort of thing:

“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone.”

“This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force.”

“Don't look at me in that tone of voice.”

“Brevity is the soul of lingerie.”

“You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.”

WARNING--BAD LANGUAGE:

“Tell him I was too f*cking busy-- or vice versa.”

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I'm usually anti-proverbs and this is one of the reasons why I don't trust people's wisdom:

Clothes make the man - Never judge a book by its cover.

What's good for the goose is good for the gander - One man's meat is another man's poison.

Wise men think alike - Fools seldom differ.

The pen is mightier than the sword - Actions speak louder than words.

You're never too old to learn - You can't teach an old dog new tricks.

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As it's about men and women, consider the following:

- One good turn is another man’s poison.

- Behind a successful man there is a woman and in 99% cases it's his mother.

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There's the feminist one from the 70s--"A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle"

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