Painterly two gold wedding rings resting over overlapping chalk circles on a dark slate surface.

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Proverb (origin unknown)

A man has no business to marry a woman who can’t make him miserable. It means she can’t make him happy.

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Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker argues, wryly, that a spouse with no power to make you miserable has no power to make you happy either. Emotional impact cuts both ways.

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