Literal translation
Meet a sword with a shield, and words with your forehead.
Contextual meaning
What it means
Meet a sword with a shield, and words with your forehead.
When people use it
In everyday life
Catalogued as a traditional Pashto saying. Its regional context and usage still require specialist review.
Editorial record
Source and status
- Source
- Pashto literature and poetry, Proverbs, Proverbs table, row 8. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashto_literature_and_poetry#Proverbs