How's the wife?

Inf. a phrase used by a man when inquiring about a male friend's wife. Tom: Hi, Fred, how are you? Fred: Good. And you? Tom: Great! How's the wife? Fred: Okay, and yours? Tom: Couldn't be better. Bill: Hi, Bob. How's the wife? Bob: Doing fine. How's every little thing? Bill: Great!

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Finella	-	Scottish
Emer	EE-mur	Irish, Irish Mythology
Madeleine	ma-də-LEN (French), mad-LEN (French), MAD-ə-lin (English), MAD-ə-lien (English)	French, English, Swedish
Bojidar	-	Bulgarian
Sotirios	-	Greek
Radoslava	rah-dah-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Medieval Slavic