Table 2 Proverbs representing women as the pillar of the house and family.

From: Ideological representations of women in Jordanian folk proverbs from the perspective of cultural semiotics

البيت بلا أم زي الجاكيت بلا كم

A home without a mother is like a jacket without a sleeve.

الأم تلم

The mother gathers.

اللي عنده أمه لا تهكل همه

The one who has his mother, do not worry about him.

المرأة باب البيت

A woman is the door of the house.

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