娘一人に婿八人
(直訳すれば)There are eight suitors for one daughter―(意訳すれば)She has many suitors―She is much run after.
She is always in low spirits―in the blues―in the dumps―in the doldrums―She has a fit of the blues―She has the mopes.
Some people live on their daughters.
It is outrageous that he should trifle with a girl's feelings.
the temperament of young girls
They forced her inclinations.
Some people live on their daughters.