lit: it's easy for a bachelor to get divorced
meaning: outsiders will not see the real complications in matters. The saying is usually used in situations where somebody gives a simple but impractical solution to a problem.
The most likely origin of the idiom is a marital dispute that must have been something like this:
- [married man:] my wife is really giving me a hard time
- [bachelor friends:] you should just divorce her then!
An English version could read: "easier said than done"
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