henpecked

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henpecked

Particularly of husbands, plagued or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife.

The bar became a haven for henpecked husbands to go to commiserate.

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henpecked

Chinese:

Mandarin: 怕老婆的 cmn(cmn) (pàlǎopó-de), 懼內的 cmn(cmn), 惧内的 cmn(cmn) (jùnèi-de)
Danish: i sin hule hånd da(da), tøffelhelt da(da)
Finnish: tossun alla fi(fi), tossutettu fi(fi)
French: jobard fr(fr) m., la femme porte la culotte fr(fr), dominé par sa femme fr(fr)
German: unter dem Pantoffel de(de), Pantoffelheld de(de) m.
Hungarian: papucs hu(hu), tutyimutyi hu(hu)

Japanese: 女房天下 ja(ja) (にょうぼうてんか, nyōbō-tenka), 二本棒 ja(ja) (にほんぼう, nihonbō), 鼻下長 ja(ja) (びかちょう, bikachō)
Polish: pod pantoflem pl(pl)
Russian: под башмаком ru(ru) (pod bašmakóm), под каблуком ru(ru) (pod kablukóm), подкаблучник ru(ru) (podkablúčnik) (noun)
Spanish: macabeo es(es) m.
Turkish: kılıbık tr(tr)

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