better halves

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U.S. presidents’ better halves take center stage in the new historical drama “The First Lady.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2022

I often hear patients blame themselves, and I've even seen spouses blame their better halves right to their face.

From US News • Jun. 3, 2015

Or at least think about it, dream about it, while their better halves are curled up in the bed, facing the wall, like in Hopper’s “Excursions into Philosophy.”

From New York Times • Jun. 10, 2013

And it contained a message to all the better halves of these dual-minded characters: “You’ll always be a part of me.”

From Slate • May 28, 2013

They are usually represented as the female counterparts or better halves of male deities, but some are self-sufficient.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir