damsel in distress

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Noun

damsel in distress

1. A young woman perceived as being in a dangerous situation.

Translations

• French: demoiselle en détresse
• German: Jungfrau in Nöten, verfolgte Unschuld
• Italian: damigella in pericolo, fanciulla in pericolo
• Portuguese: donzela em apuros, donzela em perigo
• Russian: де́ва в беде́
• Spanish: damisela en apuros

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