vieja
cuento de viejas
old wives' tale
Read on to see what the experts have to say about which old wives' tales are true wisdom and which are a bunch of baloney.
vieja bruja
crone
evil old woman
harridan
old hag
hag
old bag
old crone
old bat
Many librarians worry that the public, collective image of librarians is associated with the crone - an older, single woman who is irritable and protective of her domain.
The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
The lifestyle of the bachelor is an enviable one: footloose and fancy-free, sailing through life without the constraints of a nagging harridan of a girlfriend.
On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city - there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
Many stories about hags seem to have been used to frighten children into being good.
Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
vieja fea
old hag
old bag
old crone
old bat
On the streets of London we meet some of the denizens of the city - there is the sandwich-board man, a blind old hag, and a lamplighter among them.
Feminists prior to her were the old bags, the women that were so ugly you couldn't stand to look at them.
About this time several of the old crones of the tribe offered their ribald advice on how the new couple should conduct themselves off in the forest together.
The other day some crazy old bat stole both my house keys and car keys.
vieja gruñona
grumpy old woman
American propaganda was very successful in portraying Russians as little more than a group of grumpy old women.
vieja malvada
evil old woman
The fear of evil old women flying across the sky on broomsticks and hunting for children still remains today because of the ignorance of humanity.
