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A deaf
husband
and a blind wife are always a happy couple
A
marriage
made in heaven
All the world and his wife
An Ideal
Husband
( play by Oscar Wilde )
Ball and chain
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Battle of the sexes
Better half
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Boon
companion
Business
partner
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion
Chief of staff
Companion
plant ( a plant grown near to another species to enhance its growth )
Family man
Family matters
First comes love, then comes
marriage
Home maker
Honey I'm home
Honey, I just forgot to duck
House
husband
How To Murder Your Wife ( Jack Lemmon movie )
Howdy
partner
I
married
my
husband
for life, not for lunch
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife ( the opening line of Pride and Prejudice )
It's complicated ( Facebook
relationship
status )
Join in
marriage
Just
married
Let's rock ( A catchphrase from Al Bundy In
Married
With Children )
Life
partner
Live as man and wife
Living as man and wife
Living in sin
Living together
Love and
marriage
go together like a horse and carriage
Love-hate
relationship
Man and wife
Marriage
isn't a word it's a sentence
Marriage
of convenience
Married
state
Mixed
marriage
My
husband
and I
My old Dutch ( Cockney rhyming slang for duchess )
Number one concubine ( name given to the
partner
of Bertrand Russell )
Old wives' tale
Open
marriage
Partner
up ( find a
companion
)
Peggy Sue Got
Married
( Buddy Holly song )
Reader, I
married
him
Revenge porn ( the malicious posting of sexual images online to harm the reputation of an ex
partner
)
Revenge sex ( sex with the intention of infecting a
partner
with Aids )
Silent
partner
Silver wedding ( a celebration of twenty-five years of
marriage
)
Skin
partner
Starter
marriage
Take your hand in
marriage
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat And Other Clinical Tales ( Oliver Sacks book )
The Merry
Wives
of Windsor
The Stepford
Wives
( Katharine Ross / Nicole Kidman movie )
The
husband
is always the last to know
The old ball and chain
The world and his wife
They also serve who only stand and wait ( from a poem by Milton )
Together forever
Trophy wife
Trouble and strife ( Cockney rhyming slang for wife )
War widow ( a woman whose
husband
died in a war )
Was she worth it ( Bingo call for number fifty six )
Wear the trousers