Phrases & SayingsEveryday lifeRhyming slang
trouble and strife
Wife, in rhyming slang.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “trouble and strife” means wife, in rhyming slang.
Where it came from
The expression is Cockney rhyming slang but is also documented in Australian rhyming-slang usage.
- Initial era
- 1850–1899
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established