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better half
noun
a person's wife.
a person's husband.
better half
noun
humorousĢżone's spouse
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of better half1
Idioms and Phrases
Also, better part . The larger amount or majority of something, as in I won't be long; the better half of this job is complete , or I have spent the better part of my life in this city . Sir Philip Sidney used the first term in Arcadia (1580): āI ... shall think the better half of it already achieved.ā The variant appears in a well-known proverb, discretion is the better part of valor .
Also, my better half . One's (my) spouse, as in I'm not sure if we can go; I'll have to check with my better half . Originally this expression meant āa close friend or lover,ā and by the 16th century it referred to either a wife or lover. Sidney used it in this way, again in Arcadia: āMy dear, my better half (said he), I find I must now leave thee.ā Today it tends to be used lightly for either husband or wife. āLate 1500sā
Example Sentences
After attending the Paris Games, the Cornishmen are potentially eyeing a return flight to LAX in three years, pending the approval of their better halves, of course.
Things arenāt great for the Bruins two games into Bieniemyās first season leading an offense that was supposed to be the teamās better half.
Gage has offered his apologies to Twain for āwasting her timeā when she serenaded the āRoad Houseā actor and celebrity hairstylist Chris Appleton ā who was Gageās better half ... briefly.
But they have plenty of time to think about how to find the necessary balance and chemistry to make the second half the better half of their season.
It wasnāt a slip-up; Oladejo went on to repeat the theme multiple times while acknowledging that the Bruinsā struggling offense was irritating their better half.
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