אִשְׁתּוֹ מוֹשֶׁלֶת בּוֹ, אִשְׁתּוֹ מוֹשֶׁלֶת עָלָיו

ביטוי (אנגלית)

His wife rules him, his wife rules over him

הגדרה (אנגלית)

His wife is the one who manages his life or decides certain things for him in his life.

(“The Rabbis taught: There are three whose lives are not lives, and these are: one who waits for his friend’s table, one whose wife rules over him, and one whose body is ruled by suffering. And some say: also one who has only a single garment.” (Beitzah 32b). Similarly: “With the permission of our teachers everywhere, and with the permission of my wife who rules over me and to whom I have sold myself and my pen.” (Berdyczewski, Ktavim, II, 140))