one's better half

Fig. one's spouse. (Usually refers to a wife.) I think we'd like to come for dinner, but I'll have to ask my better half. I have to go home now to my better half. We are going out tonight.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ognyana	-	Bulgarian
Lissa	LIS-ə	English
Kearns	[kɜ:nz]
Karin	KAH-rin (Swedish, German, Dutch), KAH-reen (Finnish), KER-ən (English), KAR-ən (English)	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, Finnish, English
ŠTĚPÁNka	-	Czech
Charisma	kə-RIZ-mə	English (Rare)