# is ruin to his father "will ruin a father" # a quarreling wife is a constant dripping of water This speaks of an annoying wife as if she were the constant dripping of water. AT: "a quarreling wife is as annoying and distracting as a constant dripping of water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]]) # a quarreling wife "an arguing wife" or "a disagreeing wife"