the grey mare is the better horse

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English

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Alternative forms

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  • the gray mare is the better horse

Proverb

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the grey mare is the better horse

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

See also

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References

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  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary