BERMUDA TRIANGLE


Meaning of BERMUDA TRIANGLE in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized B&T

Etymology: from Bermuda Triangle , roughly triangular area of the Atlantic Ocean with Bermuda as one of its apexes into which boats and aircraft have allegedly disappeared without trace

: a place, state, or set of circumstances in which something (as a plan) is usually regrettably thwarted or nullified

talented young women with dreams … disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle of their husbands' ambitions — Susan Littwin

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