How's the wife?



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:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Aelig;&Eth;Elfri&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon
JevgĒŅIjs-Latvian
ChristerKRIS-ter (Swedish)Swedish, Danish
Ellen (2)EL-lənDutch
Sloan[sləun]
Marzanna (2)-Slavic Mythology