"show window couple"
Have you heard show window couple?
Actully it is used in Korea. Maybe I guess it is broken English spoken in South Korea. It means even if they are a married couple, but they don't get along with each other. Usually they tend to live seperately( not in the same house). They could have other partners except his wife and her husband. But they don't get divorced.
Because of some reasons. But others think the two are a couple because they act like a sweets couple when they are with othets.

So I wonder if there is a word to mean like "show window couple" mentioned above?

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"show window couple"
Have you heard show window couple?
Actully it is used in Korea. Maybe I guess it is broken English spoken in South Korea. It means even if they are a married couple, but they don't get along with each other. Usually they tend to live seperately( not in the same house). They could have other partners except his wife and her husband. But they don't get divorced.
Because of some reasons. But others think the two are a couple because  they act like a sweets couple when they are with othets.

So I wonder if there is  a word to mean like "show window couple"  mentioned above?

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As far as I am aware, there is no such phrase that exists in English. Usually (speaking from an american, cultural perspective), couples who are no longer happy with one another, live separately, and have other partners would be considered to be in a bad marital situation. Perhaps if the family were to see the couple like that, they would urge them to get a divorce rather than continue to live in each others presence unhappily.

To express the idea of "show-window couple," you would simply need to describe it in English. You might say "They are only married for show" or "They are only staying married to save face in public." However, I have never heard a particular key word that would describe such a situation.

I hope this helps! If you have any other questions, please let me know.

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I am not aware of an idiomatic expression that describes this. Someone might say a couple had a "marriage in name only".

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Show window couple actually is not a couple,generally speaking, if the boy and the girl have played a couple in a TV or variety show ,and their fans like to see them together,thus they will live up to their fans hope,acting like a couple,but most of them  are single or have their own lover.Maybe this phonemenon only appears in Asian showbiz haha .

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I think there are lots of phrases, that describe similar situations but none with the exact meaning.

The most similar from the words used is a "show couple/mock marriage" but it's not really used anymore.

The closest to what you describe is maybe a "marriage of convenience" this has become a general phrase these days used to describe more than just marriages.

Depending on the actual relationship we might just call it an "open marriage", basically a marriage where the 2 people may not spend much time with each other and have sexual and emotional relations with others.

"Power couple" is a term that also has some of this meaning, basically a couple who are together to help them in their carriers, this may just be a marriage of convenience and may even be an open marriage/relationship.