Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdæm.zəl ɪn dɪˈstɹɛs/
Noun
damsel in distress (plural damsels in distress)
- A young woman perceived as being helpless in a dangerous situation and requiring rescue.
1995, Ani DiFranco, “Not a Pretty Girl”, in Not a Pretty Girl:I am not a pretty girl / That is not what I do / I ain't no damsel in distress / And I don't need to be rescued
2020 May 27, Ruby Hamad, “A White Damsel Leveraged Racial Power and Failed”, in New York Times:The damsel-in-distress archetype probably conjures up images of delicate maidens and chivalrous gentlemen. That is precisely what it is designed to do — for white people.
Translations
young woman perceived as being in a dangerous situation.
- Arabic: فَتَاة فِي مِحْنَة f (fatā(t) fī miḥna)
- Breton: dimezell en enkrez f
- Catalan: donzella en perill f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 英雄救美 (yīngxióng jiù měi)
- Dutch: dame in nood f, jonkvrouw in nood f
- Esperanto: savota fraŭlino, savendulino
- Finnish: neito pulassa
- French: demoiselle en détresse (fr) f
- German: Jungfrau in Nöten f, verfolgte Unschuld f
- Hindi: संकट में युवती (saṅkaṭ mẽ yuvtī)
- Italian: damigella in pericolo f, fanciulla in pericolo f
- Japanese: 囚われの姫君 (toraware no himegimi)
- Korean: 비탄에 빠진 소녀 (bitane ppajin sonyeo)
- Occitan: domaisèla en perilh, domaisèla en malparat
- Polish: dama w opałach f
- Portuguese: donzela em apuros f, donzela em perigo
- Russian: де́ва в беде́ f (déva v bedé), пресле́дуемая де́ва f (preslédujemaja déva)
- Spanish: damisela en apuros f
- Swedish: dam i nöd, jungfru i fara, jungfru i nöd, flicka i trångmål
- Thai: สาวเอ๊าะเดือดร้อน
- Ukrainian: діва у біді f (diva u bidi)
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