Meaning of Darby and Joan | Babel Free

Definitions

A proverbial married couple content to share a quiet life of mutual devotion.

plural, plural-only

Examples

“"[…] he told me that he and your mother, when they travel together, are always mistaken for a honeymoon couple. Some of the experiences he related to me were really quite amusing." The stranger laughed at recollection of them—"that even here in this place, they are generally referred to as 'Darby and Joan.'"”

“The house where the Batesons had lived—a dear old couple, a pleasantly tottering, Darby and Joan pair, always ready to welcome little Miss Vane and give her strawberries and seedy-cake.”

CEFR level