女おんな三さん界がいに家いえなし

expression

a woman has no home of her own in this world

Traditional proverb reflecting the historical view that a woman must obey her parents in youth, her husband in marriage, and her children in old age, leaving her without a true home of her own. Now considered outdated and sexist.

• 「女おんな三さん界がいに家いえなし」ということわざは、昔むかしの女じょ性せいの立たち場ばを表あらわしている。

  The proverb 'a woman has no home of her own in this world' reflects the position of women in the past.