# Mädchen, die pfeifen, und Hühnern, die krähen, soll man beizeiten die Hälse umdrehen

Mädchen, die pfeifen, und Hühnern, die krähen, soll man beizeiten die Hälse umdrehen is a German proverb meaning “a whistling girl and a crowing hen always come to some bad end”.

## Meanings

1. a whistling girl and a crowing hen always come to some bad end; used to discourage girls from whistling, which was formerly considered indecorous

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