Daughter-in-law. Christy, Robert, comp. 1887. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages

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

Daughter-in-law


A clever daughter-in-law cannot cook without rice. Chinese.	1
As long as I was a daughter-in-law, I never had a good mother-in-law, and as long as I was a mother-in-law, I never had a good daughter-in-law. Spanish.	2
Daughter-in-law hates mother-in-law. German.	3
I say it to you, daughter, hear it, daughter-in-law. Italian, Spanish.	4
I see by my daughter-in-law’s eyes when the devil takes hold of her. Gallician.	5
My daughter-in-law tucked up her sleeves and upset the kettle into the fire. Spanish.	6