JohnsonBox Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 What I want to know is: Ann and Jack are a happy couple. Since Cathryn joins the company as a private secretary of Jack, the intimate relationship of the couple seems at risk. Because Cathryn always tries to date Jack out, and implying several times to Jack that she wants him sue for a divorce with Ann and marry her. In China, we call Cathryn as "third party" who tries, intentionally or involuntarily, to destroy the happy marriage of a couple (I don't know if using "third party" is proper here, so I ask you). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOB BOT Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 I don't know of a word to describe the person in that situation... I think third party works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hawk Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Third wheel? He he...:shifty: :devil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnsonBox Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 Hi, Native English speaker's opinion especially appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xer34 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 hmm.. third party.. that doesnt sound right.. lol.. maybe something like.. bitch is more appropriate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnsonBox Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 hmm.. third party.. that doesnt sound right.. lol.. maybe something like.. bitch is more appropriate? Nope. Bitch is too common as dirt to suit the particular situation, because if you say the couple divorced because a bitch stepped in, people might think the bitch is a hooker or a prostitute， whom Cathryn hates. :laugh: What I want is that the idiom people will definitely not misunderstand it as they hear you say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insanekiwi Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 over here in germany we'd call her "fifth whell on the wagon" maybe...dunno. i'm at work..oh oh boss comes over... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOB BOT Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Nope. Bitch is too common as dirt to suit the particular situation, because if you say the couple divorced because a bitch stepped in, people might think the bitch is a hooker or a prostitute， whom Cathryn hates. :laugh: What I want is that the idiom people will definitely not misunderstand it as you say it. Then use third party or "another woman" thats what is usually used. There's no specific word to use for that situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenstein Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Man stealing whure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Veteran Posted March 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 26, 2004 uh.. home wrecker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonobozoot Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 Man stealing whure what's a whure? :huh: just j/k :p Know what you are trying to imply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Hawk Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 uh.. home wrecker? Yeah. Link Hi,Native English speaker's opinion especially appreciated! I am a native english speaker. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaRSightxc2 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 No idea, something along the lines of 'love triangle' is created between the three: as for the word to describe 'Cathryn' I am not entirely sure. 'Third Party' would certainly surfice, although I am sure there is a better word to describe what she would be. And after cheching three thesaurus' I couln't find a decent word. :( She would be the 'third party' in the argument and therefore classed as a 'home wrecker', like ultimaweapon says. Hope that helps :s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aem4162 Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 homewrecker, most likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poind Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 (edited) "Third party" is probably appropriate, though many can refer to a "third wheel", like putting an extraneous third wheel on a bicycle. Of course, there's the common saying of "Two's company, three's a crowd", as well as the contradictory TV sitcom title "Three's Company", whose title itself played off of the previous cliche of the saying. Ignoring some of the various controversial aspects of "Cathryn", and assuming the couple is otherwise stable, I'd call her a "third wheel" amongst other more derogatory names for the particular circumstance, like "home-wrecker". Someone who consciously tries to break up an otherwise content/happy couple for personal gain without regard for long-term consequences can get all sorts of names thrown at them beyond "third wheel": terms like slut, ######, bitch, evil shi* wouldn't be unheard of when social context is considered. Edited March 26, 2004 by poind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Derf Veteran Posted March 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 26, 2004 "Third party" is probably appropriate, though many can refer to a "third wheel", like putting an extraneous third wheel on a bicycle.Of course, there's the common saying of "Two's company, three's a crowd", as well as the contradictory TV sitcom title "Three's Company", whose title itself played off of the previous cliche of the saying. Ignoring the various controversial aspects of "Cathryn", and assuming the couple is otherwise stable, I'd call her a "third wheel" amongst other more derogatory names for the particular circumstance, like "home-wrecker". Call her what she is.. a homewrecker (or at least an attempted homewrecker). She is trying to split up a married couple. Anything else would be inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john smith 1924 Veteran Posted March 26, 2004 Veteran Share Posted March 26, 2004 homewrecker, most likely yeah :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatnipOligarchy Posted March 26, 2004 Share Posted March 26, 2004 yeah homewrecker or third wheel or fifth wheel, something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnsonBox Posted March 26, 2004 Author Share Posted March 26, 2004 Thanks guys. Now we've got several-version title for Cathryn. I have to mention that the poind's reply was so excellent that we should think he is NeoWin English teacher. :) Oh, dear Anita, you are not guy; you are elder sister of NeoWin. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyout Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 What I want to know is: Ann and Jack are a happy couple. Since Cathryn joins the company as a private secretary of Jack, the intimate relationship of the couple seems at risk. Because Cathryn always tries to date Jack out, and implying several times to Jack that she wants him sue for a divorce with Ann and marry her. In China, we call Cathryn as "third party" who tries, intentionally or involuntarily, to destroy the happy marriage of a couple (I don't know if using "third party" is proper here, so I ask you). are you really that girl?..... :rolleyes: come on :shifty: ....admit it you man stealing gold digging ######.... :whistle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjiggag23 Posted March 27, 2004 Share Posted March 27, 2004 she would be the cheatee, the man would be the cheater, and the woman would be the cheated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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