【新词】

kitchen pass

n. Permission from one's spouse to attend an event or go on an outing.

kitchen pass,不要被字面意思骗了。并不是指你进厨房还要得到允许,而是指如果你要出去的话,得先得到在厨房里忙活的伴侣的同意。

不过这个短语和妻管严(hen-pecked husband)还是有区别的。妻管严还可以用:be tired to one's apron strings 来表达,被系到某人的围裙上,可想而知受控制的程度啦。

【栗子】

kitchen pass

1. Kitchen pass refers to permission from one's spouse to attend an event or go on an outing.
Kitchen pass指夫妻中的一方对另一方出席活动或者出游的许可。

2. James plans to go out for hiking with some of his friends next week, but he has to get the kitchen pass from his wife.
詹姆斯打算下周跟一些朋友去远足,但他必须先得到太太的允许。

hen-pecked husband

Max never comes out with the rest of us, for he's a hen-pecked husband.
麦克斯从不跟我们出去,因为他是妻管严。