And he was so much nicer to her than he was to his other three daughters-in-law that they became as jealous as cats.

They are as jealous as children, those Arabs.

But he might be hanging about the house; and if he saw a man talking to me, he's just as jealous as fire.

multae tandem deposuerunt (saith Vives) quum flecti maritos non posse vident, many women, when they see there is no remedy, have been pacified; and shall men be more jealous than women?