| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Scolding |
| | | He scolds most that can hurt the least. Danish. | 1 |
| She will scold the devil out of a haunted house. | 2 |
| Since you have been scolding me, I have counted a hundred and twenty holes in that nutmeg-grater. Spanish. | 3 |
| Who more ready to call her neighbor scold, than the arrantest scold in the parish? | 4 | | |
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