Ogden NashWhich the Chicken and Which the Egg?He drinks because she scolds, he thinks; She thinks she scolds because he drinks; And nether will admit what's true, That he's a sot and she's a shrew.
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The person who is a scold and a shrew is a person who will not admit their faults. They will blame someone else for their problems instead of taking responsibility for them. For example, when a husband drinks too much, his wife will become angry at him. He will blame her for his drinking and think that she is the one who has a problem with him drinking.
But, in reality, it is the other way around. It is his drinking that causes her to become angry at him while he thinks that he is the one who has become angry at her because of his drinking.
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