[Lexicog] new idiom

[Wayne Leman]

> Wayne,
>
> Today I read a funny extension of the expression "hen-pecked" in English:
> "He's so hen-pecked he moults twice a year." "Hen-pecked" is an expression 
> I have not found in other languages.
> Other expressions conveying the same idea are in German "er steht unter 
> dem Pantoffel" (he stands under the slipper) or ""er steht unter der 
> Knute/Fuchtel seiner Frau" (he stands under the club/rod of his wife) or 
> "sie hat die Hosen an" (she wears the pants). In French we have "il est 
> sous la férule de sa femme" (he is under the rod of his wife; under her 
> thumb) or "elle porte la culotte" (she wears the pants).

Fritz, I assume that you know that English uses the idiom, "she wears the 
pants," also.

> There is quite some similarity with some interesting differences. What 
> other colorful idioms do other languages have to express the same idea?

Cheyennes say Emomooneheve, 'He is a captive,' for a hen-pecked husband. 
Momoo'o 'captive' refers to someone from another tribe who was captured and 
made to live with the Cheyennes.

Wayne
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Wayne Leman
Cheyenne dictionary online:
http://www11.asphost4free.com/cheyennedictionary/default.htm 



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