Translation help

掘え膳食わぬは男の恥という諺を知っているかい?

Can someone please at least give me an idea what this could mean?

「掘え膳　食わぬ　は　男の　恥」と　いう　諺を　知って　いる　かい?
諺 = kotowaza, meaning a proverb/saying.

So already you can figure out: "Do you know a proverb that goes "... ..."?

- Do you know a proverb/saying that goes "not eating a meal ready & set up for you is a man's shame"?

I gave a literal translation of the proverb above. What this proverb means is "not accepting a woman's approach is a man's shame," and this "approach" is in a sexual way.


There is a more recent (and more decent, I must say) version of this proverb saying the contrary - accepting a woman's approach (only because you got approached) is a man's shame :)

Thank you so much, now I understood!