eternal triangle

British  

noun

1. an emotional relationship in which there are conflicts involving a man and two women or a woman and two men

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eternal triangle Idioms  

1. A relationship involving three lovers, such as two women involved with one man or two men with one woman. For example, The plot of the murder mystery revolved around the eternal triangle of a husband, wife, and another woman. [c. 1900]

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It surely is in this fresh angle on the eternal triangle.

From Time ● May 22, 2010

British Character Actress Lally Bowers is featured in a Victorian version of the eternal triangle.

From Time Magazine Archive

History does not show a more foursquare example of the eternal triangle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The film is an old-fashioned tearjerker about the eternal triangle and a woman's sacrifice, played to the interminable accompaniment of caterwauling cellos.

From Time Magazine Archive

Peter and Sam and I are the eternal triangle that Peter is always talking into plots for plays—only Sam is the apex instead of me.

From Over Paradise Ridge A Romance by Daviess, Maria Thompson