fickle mistress

English

Etymology

From fickle +‎ mistress.

Noun

fickle mistress (plural fickle mistresses)

  1. (idiomatic) Synonym of cruel mistress.
    • 1926, Central Conference of American Rabbis, A Set of Holiday Sermons‎[1]:
      Much as we may glory in [Nature's] crimson dawns and golden sunsets ... we learn sooner or later that she is a fickle mistress who may smile one day and another send fiery darts of anger flashing from the skies.
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