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What does it mean?
Hi!
- Woman will never be Greek enough for husband's family.
What does this sentence mean, please?
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Re: What does it mean?
The context isn't very clear. However, I'll try and give it a go.

Originally Posted by
hoangkha
Hi!
- A woman will never be Greek enough for her husband's family.
What does this sentence mean, please?
To me it seems the sentence may mean the following
no matter how hard a Greek man's foreign wife will try to fit into her husband's Greek family,
she will never be regarded or treated as a Greek woman.
Hope this works.
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Re: What does it mean?
I also share similar understanding.
I think it means that after a woman gets married with a Greek man, though she may try very hard to understand the Greek culture, she still cannot fully incorporated in her husband's Greek family.
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Re: What does it mean?
Woman will never be Greek enough for husband's family.
here Greek means- Co-operated, changed herself according to husband's family culture.
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Re: What does it mean?
My understanding is that the family hopes a Greek woman to live with them, but the woman is probably not from Greece or she doesn't act like a Greek, etc...
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Re: What does it mean?

Originally Posted by
michael147
My understanding is that the family hopes a Greek woman to live with them, but the woman is probably not from Greece or she doesn't act like a Greek, etc...
English is a subtle language with a lot of innuendo and obfuscation....
I this case, (although the original example is to short to know the context) I would say it could be generalized to mean:
"No matter what, the woman (wife) will never be accepted as a fully integrated member of the extended family"
Could just as easily said: She'll never be Russian enough--She'll never be British enough--She'll never be Japanese enough--etc, etc.
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