the old wives的意思|示意

Mirmirani can't confirm the old wives' tales that tell you if you yank one gray hair, five more will sprout up.

马诺·莫尼医生不能确认老妇人讲的如果你拔一根白发，五根将会长出来的传言。

The old wives' tale that a woman loses one tooth for every child she delivers may, in fact, contain a grain of truth.

女人每生一个孩子就掉一颗牙这种无稽之谈事实上可能包含一点点真理。

she saw the pictures of the old pastors and their wives, and the congregation sitting in the polished chairs and singing from their hymn-books.

于是她看到了奏着乐曲的手风琴，看到了老牧师和他们妻子的图像，看到了教众坐在抛光的椅子上唱着赞美诗。

A 68-year-old man in northern Nigeria told reporters that after having married a total of 201 women in 48 years, he had resolved to make do with the four wives he still had.

尼日利亚北部一位68岁的老人告诉记者，他在过赴的48年中和201位女人结过婚，现在他只是想和现有的四位妻子平静生活。

In the old days, men could have many wives but women were tortured and beaten if they were discovered being unfaithful to their husbands.

在古代，男人可以有很多妻子，但是如果女人被发现对自己的丈夫不忠，就会遭到虐待和毒打。

And with an infant in the house, the usual way husbands and wives make up after a bickerfest may be off-limits, unthinkable, or just plain old inconvenient.

而且家里有个婴儿的情况下，丈夫和妻子平时在暴吵一顿以后采取的讲和方式，这时可能就用不了了，或者很不方便用了。