English
Etymology
The earliest known usage of this phrase is from 1912, when RMS Titanic was sinking.
Phrase
women and children first
- An exhortation to follow the principle of removing women and children from danger before men.
- Antonym: every man for himself
Translations
exhortation
- Dutch: vrouwen en kinderen eerst
- Esperanto: sinjorinoj kaj geinfanoj unue
- Finnish: naiset ja lapset ensin
- French: les femmes et les enfants d’abord
- German: Frauen und Kinder zuerst
- Polish: najpierw kobiety i dzieci, kobiety i dzieci przodem
- Portuguese: mulheres e crianças primeiro
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