wife up

épouser, prendre pour femme

Épouser une femme, surtout une petite amie avec qui on est depuis un certain temps.

En anglais simple : To marry a woman, especially a girlfriend you have been with for some time.

• He wants to wife up his girlfriend.
• They’ve been together for years, and he finally wifed her up.
• Are you planning to wife her up?

Comment l'utiliser : wife someone up (He plans to wife his girlfriend up next summer.)

Synonymes : marry, wed

Expressions courantes : wife up someone, wife up soon

être sous la coupe de sa femme

Consacrer tant de temps à sa femme ou compagne qu'on néglige ses amis ou suit ses volontés.

En anglais simple : To spend so much time with your wife or girlfriend that you neglect friends or follow her wishes.

• He’s wifed up these days.
• Since he wifed up, we hardly see him at weekends.
• Have you wifed up, or will you join us tonight?

Synonymes : be under her thumb

Expressions courantes : wife up completely, wife up again