a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple

a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple
глухий чоловік та сліпа жінка завжди були щасливою парою

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  • a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple — 1578 J. FLORIO First Fruits 26 There neuer shal be chiding in that house, where the man is blynd, and the wife deafe. 1637 T. HEYWOOD Pleasant Dialogues VI. 334 Then marriage may be said to be past in all quietnesse, When the wife is blind, and… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • wife — see a blind man’s wife needs no paint Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple if you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • blind — see there’s none so blind as those who will not see when the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch a blind man’s wife needs no paint in the country of the blind, the one eyed man is king a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • happy — see if you would be happy for a week take a wife; if you would be happy for a month kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life plant a garden call no man happy till he dies happy is the bride that the sun shines on happy is the country… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • husband — see the husband is always the last to know a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • deaf — see there’s none so deaf as those who will not hear a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • couple — see a deaf husband and a blind wife are always a happy couple …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • couple — 01. I ll be ready in a [couple] of minutes. 02. Fatima and Oscar make a lovely [couple]. 03. There were just [couples] at the party. I was the only single person there. 04. The old [couple] down the street are celebrating their 50th wedding… …   Grammatical examples in English

  • blind — 01. Only [blind] people are allowed to take dogs on the bus or into restaurants. 02. He ran his car off the road after being [blinded] by an oncoming car. 03. The villagers [blindness] was caused by a parasite living in the river near their homes …   Grammatical examples in English

  • Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • marriage — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Legal union Nouns 1. marriage, matrimony, wedlock, union; intermarriage, nuptial tie, married state, bed and board, cohabitation, POSSLQ (person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters), wedded… …   English dictionary for students

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