| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Mother-in-law |
| | | A mother-in-law is like the dry rot: far easier to get into a house than to get it out again. Punch. | 1 |
| If my mother-in-law dies, I will fetch somebody to flay her. Portuguese. | 2 |
| Mother-in-law, daughter-in-law,—storm and hail. Italian. | 3 |
| My mother-in-law is dead, my hearth is enlarged. Modern Greek. | 4 |
Of all the old women that ever I saw,
Surest bad luck to my mother-in-law. | 5 |
| The best mother-in-law is she on whom your geese feed (on the grass that grows on her grave). | 6 |
| The cask full, the mother-in-law drunk. Spanish. | 7 |
| The gude man’s mither is always in the gude wife’s gait (way). | 8 |
| The husband’s mother is the wife’s devil. German. | 9 |
| The mother-in-law does not remember she was once daughter-in-law. Spanish, Portuguese. | 10 |
| The mother-in-law must be entreated and the pot must be let stand. Spanish. | 11 |
| There is no good mother-in-law, but she that wears a green gown (the turf of the church-yard). (Kelly’s Proverbs.) German. | 12 | | |
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