A woman's tongue wags like a lamb's tail.

The saying portrays a woman as talking constantly, comparing her speech to the quick, repeated movement of a lamb’s tail. Its point is not simply that she speaks, but that her speech is supposedly excessive or difficult to stop.

It relies on a sexist stereotype that casts women as especially talkative and treats that trait as a fault. The animal comparison is mocking and may be offensive even when used jokingly, suggesting chatter, gossip, or speech judged trivial.

This is a disparaging, gender-stereotyped saying that may be encountered in discussions of older attitudes or quoted material. It is unsuitable for neutral description of a person’s speech; prefer direct, non-gendered wording when criticizing excessive talking or gossip.