the grey mare is the better horse

English

Alternative forms
  • the gray mare is the better horse

Proverb

the grey mare is the better horse

  1. The wife, not the husband, is in charge of the household.

See also

References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
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