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Much Ado About Nothing ‧ 1600
O Lord, my lord, if they were but a week married, they would talk themselves mad.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The imagined marriage becomes a test of how much talking two people can stand. A single week is enough, in the speaker's exaggeration, to drive them mad. The short time limit makes the prediction comic and suggests a lively pair whose words could overwhelm them.
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