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Darby and Joan

noun
🔊/ˌdɑːbi ən ˈdʒəʊn/
🔊/ˌdɑːrbi ən ˈdʒəʊn/
[plural] (British English)
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  1. a way of referring to an old couple who are happily married幸福的老夫妻
    Word Originlate 18th cent.: from a poem (1735) in the Gentleman's Magazine, which contained the lines “Old Darby, with Joan by his side … They're never happy asunder.”