The ship struck in the night.

RICHARD HOOKER, that rare and admirable Theologiſt, … married a clowniſh ſilly Woman and withal a meer Xantippe, …

It's a shame; not only are nuts quite ridiculously nutritious but, as anyone who's ever shelled out (sorry) for a tiny glass of pistachios in a pub will know, they're a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.

On the rare occasions when I saw Paula, his poor little wife, mostly at university social functions, it was obvious that the success of their relationship lay in her dominability.