unholy trinity
English
Noun
unholy trinity (plural unholy trinities)
- A set of three antagonistic and closely associated people or things.
- 2005, Cheryl A. Wall, Worrying the Line: Black Women Writers, Lineage, and Literary Tradition:
- In her essay "Zora Neale Hurston: A Cautionary Tale and a Partisan View," Alice Walker deems Hurston, Billie Holiday, and Bessie Smith "an unholy trinity."
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- (economics) Synonym of impossible trinity
Translations
group of three associated antagonistic things