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Definition

An unexpected problem in a supposedly positive situation, especially in a marital or romantic relationship.

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In Context

  • "My wife wasn't in the best of moods on our honeymoon last week. ― Trouble in paradise?"
  • "Chaucer's people are not paralyzed by self-consciousness in the act of love. They possess none of modern man's neurasthenic haste to import trouble in paradise."
  • "Is there trouble in paradise? Maybe not, but it will be interesting to see whether the Bulls can make it through another season without serious internal problems."
  • "[H]e’ll keep on peeping through her window, anxious for some glimpse of trouble in paradise with the new boyfriend."