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Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887.

Shrew

Every one can tame a shrew but he that hath her.

Govern a horse with a bit and a shrew with a stick.Danish.

It will be fair weather when the shrews have dined.

Onions, smoke and a shrew make a good man’s eye water.Danish.

The gray mare is the better horse, i.e., the wife rules the husband.

There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut tree, a donkey, and a shrew.Danish.

There is little peace in that house where the hen crows and the cock is mute.Italian.

Three things drive a man out of doors: smoke, a leaky roof, and a shrew.Italian.

In an evil hour thou bring’st her home. (You are marrying a shrew.)Horace.