fair sex | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic,dated,now sometimesoffensive)Womencollectively.1728,Daniel Defoe, chapter 8, inMilitary Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton:The younger Gentry, or Dons, to express their Gallantry, carry about them Egg-shells, fill'd with Orange or other sweet Water, which they cast at Ladies in their Coaches, or such other of thefair Sexas they happen to meet in the Streets.1820, [Walter Scott], chapter 23, inThe Abbot.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh:[…][James Ballantyne & Co.] forLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown,[…]; and forArchibald Constable and Company, andJohn Ballantyne,[…],→OCLC:"Permit me rather to perform my duty in attending them," said Roland, anxious to show he was possessed of the high tone of deference prescribed by the rules of chivalry towards thefair sex, and especially to dames and maidens of quality.1881, Bayard Taylor,The Lake Regions of Central Africa, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, page147:Our entrance was attended with the usual ceremony, now familiar to the reader: the warmen danced, shot, and shouted, a rabble of adults, youths and boys crowded upon us, thefair sexlulliloo'd with vigor[.]1904December,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Second Stain”, inThe Return of Sherlock Holmes, New York, N.Y.:McClure, Phillips & Co., published February 1905,→OCLC:“Now, Watson, thefair sexis your department,” said Holmes, with a smile, when the dwindlingfrou-frouof skirts had ended in the slam of the front door.1913–1921,D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “The Blind Man”, inEngland My England and Other Stories, New York, N.Y.:Thomas Seltzer, published24 October 1922,→OCLC,page89:And he had his friends among thefair sex—not lovers, friends.

Examples:

EN: The only interest I have in your fair sex is ..
ES: El único interés que tengo en tu sexo es...
EN: But I'm very fond of the fair sex, Mr. Blake.
ES: Pero le tengo mucho aprecio al sexo débil, Sr. Blake.
EN: Ladies and gentlemen, the courage of the fair sex is a match to that of the male.
ES: Señoras y señores, un combate entre ambos sexos.
EN: No trouble at all, how often does it happen, that the fair sex is interested in the technical aspect of the races.
ES: Se lo ruego, cuando se presenta, que el sexo débil se interese por la técnica.
EN: Then... would it be too much to ask you to leave the fair sex alone for a while?
ES: Entonces... ¿sería mucho pedirle que concediese algún respiro a las personas del otro sexo?
EN: Gentlemen... and ladies-- you'll forgive me for having omitted you, but in my day the fair sex graced the home and not the office.
ES: Caballeros y damas. Perdón por omitirlas, pero en mis días el sexo bello adornaba el hogar, no la oficina
EN: I ask you on behalf of us all, be fair to the fair sex.
ES: Pido en nombre de todas que sean justos con el sexo débil.
EN: Of the fair sex, I take it, and not too unattractive to look at?
ES: ¿Del buen sexo, la tomaré, y no muy poco atractiva para la vista?
EN: But it is election eve and I shall desist from further eulogies of the fair sex lest you deem me insincere.
ES: Pero ya que estamos en víspera de elecciones, y aunque sea una injusticia, me abstendré de hacer elogios al bello sexo, para que no me tachen de falso.
EN: We now need a representative of the fair sex.
ES: Necesitamos una representante del bello sexo.
EN: The fair sex!
ES: El sexo débil.
EN: I am merely illustrating for you the homicidal tendencies of the fair sex.
ES: Solo le pongo ejemplos de las tendencias homicidas del sexo débil.
EN: But when it comes the fair sex,
ES: Pero cuando se trata del bello sexo,
EN: Let's gaze at the sweet blending of the strong and fair sex before their heads fall off their necks.
ES: Observemos la dulce mezcla del sexo débil y el fuerte antes que la guillotina los lleve a la muerte.
EN: After all, you have an enviable record with the fair sex.
ES: Tienes antecedentes envidiables con el sexo opuesto.

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