Idiom
one flesh
Meaning
Two people united by marriage.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The couple became one flesh after their wedding ceremony.”
“They view their marriage as a sacred bond where two people become one flesh.”
“Through decades of shared struggle and triumph, the couple truly became one flesh, moving through life as a single, inseparable entity.”
Examples
simple
“The couple became one flesh after their wedding ceremony.”
contextual
“They view their marriage as a sacred bond where two people become one flesh.”
complex
“Through decades of shared struggle and triumph, the couple truly became one flesh, moving through life as a single, inseparable entity.”
Origin
A biblical phrase, found for example in versions of Genesis 2:24 and Mark 10:8.
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