one flesh

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Two peopleunitedbymarriage.1840,James Fenimore Cooper, chapter 15, inThe Pathfinder:"This is reasonable and natural," returned Pathfinder; ". . . A woman would be likely to follow the man to whom she had plighted faith, and husband and wife areone flesh."1875,Lord Alfred Tennyson,Queen Mary: A Drama, act V:Mary:Have not I been the fast friend of your lifeSince mine began, and it was thought we twoMight makeone flesh, and cleave unto each otherAs man and wife?1911,John Galsworthy, “A Christian”, inInn of Tranquility:We know Christ's saying of the married that they areone flesh!

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