Editing Scissors (section)

===Proverbs===
[[Proverbs]] about scissors are found in many language communities.
* "Dull scissors don't cut straight." English<ref>p. 527. [[Wolfgang Mieder|Mieder, Wolfgang]], Stewart Kingsbury, Kelsie Harder. 1992. ''A Dictionary of American Proverbs''. Oxford University Press.</ref>
* "An old bachelor is only half a pair of scissors." English<ref>p. 50. Christy, Robert. ''Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages'', Volume 1. Putnam. 1889.</ref>
* "A man without a woman like half a scissors, that would not cut but scratch." [[Romanian language|Romanian]]<ref>p. 28. Bărbulescu, Elena. "Constructing Gender in Romanian Proverbs." ''Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai-Historia'' 57, no. Special (2012): 21-33.</ref>
* "Scissors do not cut out the scissors' nail." [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]]<ref>p. 22, Vargha, Katalin, and Anna T. Litovkina. "Punning in Hungarian anti-proverbs." ''The European Journal of Humour Research'' 1, no. 3 (2013): 15-25.</ref>
* "A face shaped like petals of the lotus, a voice as cool as sandal, a heart like a pair of scissors, and excessive humility, these are the signs of a rogue." [[Sanskrit]]<ref>p. 445. Carr, Mark William.''Sanskrit Proverbs''. Asian Educational Services, 1999.</ref>
* "Those who have scissors are many but those who sew are none." Pagu<ref>p. 333, Perangin-Angin, Dalan M., and Novita Dewi. "A study of Pagu proverbs: Saving an endangered language of [[North Halmahera]]." ''Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics'' 10, no. 2 (2020): 327-339.</ref>
* "Spoon, fork, scissors, and lamp are not for little children." [[Volga Germans|Volga German]]<ref>p. 56, Gabel, Marie. "Proverbs of Volga German settlers in Ellis County." ''Heritage of Kansas'' v.9 no.2-3:55-59, (2012).</ref>