Marriage binds a couple together as securely and irrevocably as a lock; the commitment of matrimony is not easily undone.
Examples:
- 1821: 'Wedlock and a padlock mean the same.' (Byron, Don Juan)
Origin: attested 1678
Marriage binds a couple together as securely and irrevocably as a lock; the commitment of matrimony is not easily undone.
Examples:
Origin: attested 1678