behind every successful man there stands a woman

Proverb

 * 1) A man’s achievements are made possible by the support and work of their wife or female partner.

Usage notes

 * The intention of the saying is not so much as to make a factual observation, but to acknowledge the support that normally remains behind the scenes.

Translations

 * Arabic: وَرَاءَ كُلِّ رَجُلٍ عَظِيمٍ اِمْرَأَةٌ
 * Azerbaijani: hər uğurlu kişinin arxasında bir qadın dayanır
 * Bengali:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 每個成功的男人背後都有一個女人
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: achter elke grote man staat een vrouw
 * Finnish: jokaisen menestyvän miehen takana on nainen
 * French: tout homme qui réussit a une femme derrière lui
 * Galician: detrás dun gran home hai unha gran muller
 * Georgian: ყოველი წარმატებული კაცის უკან ქალი დგას
 * German: hinter jedem erfolgreichen Mann steht eine Frau
 * Hebrew: מאחורי כל גבר מצליח עומדת אישה
 * Hindi: हर सफल पुरुष के पीछे एक महिला होती है
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian: di belakang setiap pria sukses ada seorang wanita hebat
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: すべての成功した男の後ろに女がいる
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: aiz katra veiksmīga vīrieša stāv sieviete
 * Lithuanian: už kiekvieno sėkmingo vyro stovi moteris
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: bak hver vellykket mann står en kvinne
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: por trás de todo grande homem existe uma grande mulher
 * Russian: за ка́ждым успе́шным мужчи́ной стои́т же́нщина
 * Spanish: detrás de un gran hombre hay una gran mujer
 * Swedish: bakom varje framgångsrik man står en kvinna
 * Tagalog:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: her başarılı erkeğin arkasında bir kadın vardır
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu:
 * Vietnamese: đằng sau một người đàn ông thành công luôn có bóng dáng người phụ nữ