WIFE

WIFE
• All are good girls, but where do the bad wives come from? - Все девушки хороши, но откуда злые жены берутся? (B)
• All are good lasses, but whence come bad wives? - Все девушки хороши, но откуда злые жены берутся? (B)
• Choose not a wife by the eye only - Не ищи красоты, ищи доброты (H)
• Good wife and health are a man's best wealth (A) - Добрая жена да жирные щи - другого добра не ищи (Д)
• Good wife makes a good husband (A) - За хорошей женой и муж пригож (3)
• Good wives and good plantations are made by good husbands - У хорошего мужа и жена хороша (У)
• He that has a wife, has a strife - Нет жены - нет заботы (H)
• He that has not got a wife is not yet a complete man - Муж без жены - что гусь без воды (M)
• He that takes a wife takes care - Нет жены - нет заботы (H)
• He took it like a man, he blamed it on his wife - У мужа жена всегда виновата (У)
• Husband is the head of the house, but the wife is the neck - and the neck moves the head (The) - Жена - в доме глава (Ж), Муж - голова, жена - шея, куда захочет, туда и повернет (M)
• Life isn't life without a wife - Муж без жены - что гусь без воды (M)
• Man is only half a man without a wife (A) - Муж без жены - что гусь без воды (M)
• There is one good wife in the country, and every man thinks he has her - Всякому мужу своя жена мила (B)
• То him who has a good wife no evil can come which he cannot bear - С доброй женой и горе - полгоря, а радость - вдвое (C)
• Two cats and a mouse, two wives in a house, two dogs and a bone never agree in one - Два медведя в одной берлоге не живут (Д)
• Where there is no wife there is no home - Добрая жена дом сбережет (Д)
• Wife make your own candle, spare penny to handle - Добрая жена дом сбережет (Д)

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  • Wife — Wife, n.; pl. {Wives}. [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. w[=i]b, Icel. v[=i]f, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • wife — W1S1 [waıf] n plural wives [waıvz] [: Old English; Origin: wif woman, wife ] the woman that a man is married to →↑husband, spouse ↑spouse ▪ Have you met my wife? ▪ a refuge for battered wives ▪ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • wife|ly — «WYF lee», adjective, li|er, li|est. of a wife; like a wife; suitable for a wife. –wife´li|ness, noun …   Useful english dictionary

  • WIFE — can refer to:* WIFE (AM), a radio station at 1580 AM licensed to Connersville, Indiana * WIFE FM, a radio station at 94.3 FM licensed to Rushville, Indiana * WMOJ FM, an FM radio station formerly known as WIFE FM from 1994 2006 …   Wikipedia

  • wife — [ waıf ] (plural wives [ waıvz ] ) noun count *** the woman that a man is married to: I d better phone my wife and tell her I ll be late. wife of: a reception for the wives of the ambassadors …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • wife — (n.) O.E. wif woman, from P.Gmc. *wiban (Cf. O.S., O.Fris. wif, O.N. vif, Dan., Swed. viv, M.Du., Du. wijf, O.H.G. wib, Ger. Weib), of uncertain origin. Du. wijf now means, in slang, girl, babe, having softened somewhat from earlier sense of… …   Etymology dictionary

  • wife — [wīf] n. pl. wives [wīvz] [ME < OE wif, woman, akin to Swed viv, Ger weib < ? IE base * weip , to twist, turn, wrap, in sense “the hidden or veiled person”] 1. a woman: still so used in such compounds as midwife, housewife, etc. 2. a… …   English World dictionary

  • wife — index consort, spouse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • wife — has the plural form wives …   Modern English usage

  • wife — [n] married woman bride, companion, consort, helpmate, mate, monogamist, other half*, partner, roommate, spouse; concepts 414,415 Ant. husband …   New thesaurus

  • wife — ► NOUN (pl. wives) 1) a married woman considered in relation to her husband. 2) archaic or dialect a woman, especially an old or uneducated one. DERIVATIVES wifely adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «woman» …   English terms dictionary


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