# is ruin to his father

"will ruin a father"

# a quarreling wife is a constant dripping of water

This speaks of an annoying wife as if she were the constant dripping of water. Alternate translation: "a quarreling wife is as annoying and distracting as a constant dripping of water" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# a quarreling wife

"an arguing wife" or "a disagreeing wife"