Table 3 Proverbs representing women as a symbol of optimism.

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

البنات رزقة وأبوهن مرزوق

The girls are livelihood, and their father is prosperous.

المرأة الطيبة مثل البستان الوردي

The good woman is like a rose garden.

ابو البنات مرزوق

The father of daughters will be fortunate

المرأة وردة بين الأشواك

A woman is like a rose among thorns.

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