if you keep your wife happy, you will avoid trouble.

(proverb) Those in positions of authority should avoid even the implication of impropriety.

(colloquial, endearing) A wife. / (informal, by extension) A wife who is of small stature.

plural of wifelet

Having no wife; unmarried or celibate. / Without a wife present.

Of, befitting, pertaining to, or characteristic of a wife.

(informal, diminutive, endearing) Diminutive of wife

plural of wifebeater

One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats his wife, or a husband prone to violence. / (US, slang) A kind of sleeveless shirt, often but not exclusively worn as an undershirt.

superlative form of wifely: most wifely