| 单词 | trouble and strife |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrouble and strife g. trouble and strife, rhyming slang for: (a) ‘life’ (rare); (b) ‘wife’. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] lifeOE life and limbc1275 life and memberc1275 being1521 trouble and strife1908 blood-being1915 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife wifeeOE womanc1275 peerc1330 spousessc1384 ladyc1390 good lady1502 girl?a1513 spousage1513 little lady1523 the weaker vessel1526 companion1535 wedlock1566 Mrs1572 dame1574 rib?1590 feme1595 fathom1602 feme covert1602 shrew1606 wife of one's bosom1611 kickie-wickiea1616 heifer1616 sposa1624 bosom-partner1633 goodwife1654 little woman1715 squaw1767 the Mrs1821 missus1823 maw1826 lady wife1840 tart1864 mistress1873 mama1916 ball and chain1921 trouble and strife1929 old boot1958 1908 ‘Doss Chiderdoss’ in Sporting Times 11 July 1/3 I shouted, ‘Your “bees”, or your “trouble and strife”!’ Like the hero in ‘Highwayman Harry’. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. iii. ii. 611 The old trouble-and-strife, eh? 1949 A. Wilson Wrong Set 62 ‘Thanks for looking after my old trouble and strife’ said Bruce. 1959 J. Osborne World Paul Slickey ii. x. 86 My posh trouble-and-strife, I'll be hers. 1977 G. Fisher Villain of Piece i. 7 It's the old trouble and strife—wife. I want to see her all right. < as lemmas |
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