ババ抜ぬき

noun

old maid (card game)

A children's card game where players draw cards from each other and discard pairs; the player left with the unmatched 'old maid' (joker) loses.

• 子こ供どもの頃ころ、よくババ抜ぬきをして遊あそんだ。

  When I was a child, I often played Old Maid.

• ババ抜ぬきで最さい後ごにジョーカーを持もっていた人ひとが負まけです。

  In Old Maid, the person left holding the joker at the end loses.

noun

living without one's mother-in-law

Slang expression referring to a situation where a married couple lives apart from the wife's mother, often implying relief from mother-in-law interference.

• 結けっ婚こんしてからずっとババ抜ぬきだから、気きが楽らくだよ。

  Since we got married, we've been living without my mother-in-law, so it's a relief.