like a shrew shouting abuse in the street ? 你岳母竟然～，真不象話！ Your mother in-law even went so far as to shout abuse in the street like a shrew. That was really shocking.
潑婦罵街pō fù mà jiē
指兇悍蠻不講理的婦女在大街上大聲辱罵。形容說話或?qū)懳恼轮櫫R。like a shrew shouting abuse in the street, bark out a string of dirty words, like a virago barking out a strings of dirty words