Continual dripping on a day of steady rain and a contentious wife are alike—
as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so You destroy a person’s hope.
A foolish son is trouble for his father, and a quarrelsome wife is constant dripping.
It is better to live in a desert land than with a quarrelsome, worrisome wife.
It is better to live on a corner of a roof than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
Better to dwell in a corner of a roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
hiding her is like hiding the wind or grasping oil with the right hand.