A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
OJBA ben kesil is the calamity of aviv (his father), and the contentions of an isha are a constant dripping.
T4TFoolish children can cause disasters to happen to their parents. A wife who constantly ◄nags/quarrels with► her husband is as annoying as water that continually drips [MET].