her indoors

her indoors

old-fashioned One's wife. A reference to the fact that wives were traditionally expected to remain primarily indoors to keep the house and raise children. Primarily heard in UK. I never know what to get her indoors when our anniversary rolls around.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

her indoors

a humorous reference to a man's wife. British informal
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • a pile Jack Rice couldn't jump over
  • a roll Jack Rice couldn't jump over
  • What say (one)?
  • What say you?
  • What say?
  • (Well,) I'll be durned!
  • a bit of crackling
  • a bad quarter of an hour
  • scrape up an acquaintance
  • scrape up an acquaintance with (someone)
References in periodicals archive
MY weekly rants about 'her indoors' finally backfired on me this week.
"Her indoors wants to show off the fact that her bay window looks like the cockpit of a Concorde." He looked at me
Either I should take it easier on her indoors in future or these guys should get out from behind the counter more often.
Now her indoors is terrified that we'll never return.