She may look in but she'll never look out

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Heard in Monaghan

Disconsolate potential mother-in-law about. An aspiring daughter-in-law.

She may look in but she'll never look out (of the house).

Posh English

She may well enter the premises, but she shall assuredly never depart from the household.

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