A pale pink knitted garment drapes over a wooden stool with an empty sleeve hanging down.

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John

I bet he hasn't even got a wife. Look at his sweater.

— A Hard Day's Night • 1964

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker guesses that a man has no wife, basing this on his sweater. It is a snappy, mocking snap judgment that treats clothing as proof of a person's romantic life, with the tone leaning toward teasing rather than any careful reading of him.

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