autem mort »
A married woman; also a female beggar with several children hired or borrowed to excite charity.
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bent on a splice »
About to be married.
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cat and dog life »
Unhappy married life.
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cradle robber »
A person who marries or becomes romantically involved with someone who is much younger or who employs or otherwise engages a young person for a purpose inappropriate for his or her age.
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far be it »
Pewtey in Marriage Guidance Counselor from And Now For Something Completely Different.
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fruit of the union »
A child, especially from a marriage or similar union.
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grass widow »
A married woman whose husband is away.
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grass widower »
A married man whose wife is away.
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in the doghouse »
Unmarried and unlikely to marry.
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knocked up »
"pregnant", typically outside of marriage.
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live in sin »
To cohabit as if man and wife without being married.
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marry in haste, repent at leisure »
Getting married too soon will lead to a bad marriage.
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match made in heaven »
A marriage that is likely to be happy and successful because the two people are very compatible with each other.
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match made in hell »
A marriage that is likely to be unhappy or abusive and unsuccessful because the two people are very incompatible with each other.
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out of wedlock »
Of parents not legally married.
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play around »
To engage in sexual practices outside of marriage.
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pop the question »
To propose marriage.
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run away with »
To leave secretly with another person. Usually with the intention of getting married or of living together against the wishes of the family.
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shack up »
To live together, especially of an unmarried couple.
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the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get »
(vulgar) The sexual satisfactions that one receives from a spouse or romantic partner are not sufficient to compensate for the significant periods of bad faith and unpleasant treatment which such relationships routinely involve.1971, Allen Churchill, The Literary Decade, ISBN 9780135375228:Years later she expressed her disillusionment with sex by saying, "The fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."1999, Ben Sonnenberg, Lost Property: Memoirs and Confessions of a Bad Boy, ISBN 9781582430454, p. 93:Maitland got drunk at his parties and threw his arm around you and pulled you over to his wife and made you look down her dress, saying, "The trouble with marriage is that the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."2008, Joseph Heywood, Blue Wolf In Green Fire, ISBN 9781599213590, p. 63:"I can't believe a little pussy got me into dis mess." "Shit happens," Service said. "Sometimes the fucking you get isn't worth the fucking you get."
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tie the knot »
To marry, wed, get married.
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war bride »
A woman who marries a man who is on active duty military in wartime.
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white marriage »
An unconsummated marriage.
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work spouse »
A man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship having bonds similar to those of a marriage: special confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and unusual degree of honesty or openness.
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