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| быть под башмаком у жены | be tied to one's wife's apron-strings |
| быть под башмаком у жены | be pinned to one's wife's apron-strings |
| быть под каблуком у жены | be tied to one's wife's apron-strings |
| быть под каблуком у жены | be pinned to one's wife's apron-strings |
| жена Цезаря должна быть выше подозрений | Caesar's wife must be above suspicion (Julius Caesor divorced his wife Pompeia not because he believed her guilty, but because the wife of Caesar must not even be suspected of crime Olga Okuneva) |
| хороший муж должен быть глухим, а хорошая жена слепой | a good husband should be deaf and a good wife should be blind |