[Lexicog] new idiom

[Fritz Goerling]

David,

 

"Battle-axe" is a good one. No equivalent in German. In some languages the
names of wives of famous men have entered the language

to characterize a certain kind of woman: like Xanthippe (Socrates'wife) is
used in English and German.

 

Fritz

 

My dad used to say that a little incompatibility wasn't such a bad thing in
a marriage, especially if he had the income and she had the pattibility.

Do German, Polish, Russian, etc., have anything parallel to the English
"battle-axe" for a certain kind of woman?

--David T




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