[Lexicog] new idiom

[David Joffe]

> Fritz Goerling <Fritz_Goerling@ sil.org> wrote:
>     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. 
>     ...
>     There is quite some similarity with some interesting differences. What other 
>     colorful idioms do other languages have to express the same idea? 

Here's another (more modern) English one that's vulgar but certainly 
colourful:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=pussywhipped

(Derived from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistol-whip)

 - David




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