| Robert Christy, comp. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages. 1887. | | | | Shrew |
| | | Every one can tame a shrew but he that hath her. | 1 |
| Govern a horse with a bit and a shrew with a stick. Danish. | 2 |
| It will be fair weather when the shrews have dined. | 3 |
| Onions, smoke and a shrew make a good man’s eye water. Danish. | 4 |
| The gray mare is the better horse, i.e., the wife rules the husband. | 5 |
| There are three things from which no good can be got without a beating: a walnut tree, a donkey, and a shrew. Danish. | 6 |
| There is little peace in that house where the hen crows and the cock is mute. Italian. | 7 |
| Three things drive a man out of doors: smoke, a leaky roof, and a shrew. Italian. | 8 |
| In an evil hour thou bring’st her home. (You are marrying a shrew.) Horace. | 9 | | |
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