Some married couples speak in metaphors, some don’t: such as " The bloom is off the rose, the fat lady (not me) is about to sing , and the remote is going to hit the wall if you don’t stop clicking through the channels."
An unnamed friend of mine said, “The trouble with marriage is that you can’t change channels and there are no commercials.” He’s now in the “witless” protection program.
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