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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Example Sentences

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

The Eternal City was growing weary of the eternal triangle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Britain's Peter Shaffer draws a cunning eternal triangle with God at the apex, music in the air and Byzantine intrigue everywhere.

From Time Magazine Archive

But let them have it as an example of the eternal triangle, the trinity of hate.

From Women in Love by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)