Maritime Provençal
Vai bèn mau dins un oustau
Quand la galino fa lou gau.
Meaning
Things go very ill in a household when the hen plays the cock.
Note : Generally applied to households in which the wife holds command.
Theme
Source : La Tour-Keyrié, Recueil de proverbes provençaux (1882), Gallica — public domain. Maritime Mistralian normalisation by Lingua Nostra.