I have used the terms "buggery" and "the dogs" in order to avoid using a much more colorful, and to some, offensive, alternative starting with "s". Suggests the idea that everything would be ruined if a woman were around.

to hell

Spanish term (edited): todo se ir�a a la mierda

Two options, neither of them literal (mierda = shit), but both convey the message. The first one (would go to hell) is harsher, and the second one more "polite". Good luck!

"If there were one woman between us, everything/it would all go to hel*." (The missing letter is "l").

Technically, "mierda" means "s**t" (the two missing letters here are "h" and "t", respectively), and both the English and Spanish of that are rather vulgar. However, I opted to say "hel*" instead of "s**t" because in English, "everything is going to hel*" is the common expression. I also opted to say "one woman" instead of "a woman" for "una mujer" because the context seems to suggest that sentiment.

Now, "todo" means "everything" in this case, but "it" works also in the context of the expression. I think either one would do just fine in this instance, so use whichever one you prefer.

Just to clarify, the expression means that a woman coming between these people (presumably men) would spell trouble and everything would be just awful.

Good luck!

-Dan

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-10-31 04:03:51 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Sorry for the asteriks, they didn\'t let me post the answer until I removed the offensive material.

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-10-31 04:08:55 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

You might also say:
\"...everything would go down the tubes.\"
or
\"...everything would go to heck.\"
or
\"...everything would go down the toilet.\"

However, I don\'t think that those three effectively demonstrate the context because the context is indeed quite vulgar, so you might want to stick with what I have in the first part of my answer, or you can also use the following:
\"...everything would go down the shitter.\"
(note: \"shitter\" is a vulgar term for \"toilet\", so it corresponds to the third non-vulgar option while maintaining its vulgar feel)

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-10-31 04:14:06 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

OOPS!!! BIG MISTAKE!!!

When I told you the missing letters for \"s**t\", I meant \"h\" and \"i\", respectively. I did not mean for the second missing letter to be \"t\"! The word in its entirety is \"shit\". Do NOT use \"shtt\" unless you\'re looking for a way to express the vulgar idea while not actually writing the vulgar term. Sorry about that!!!

-Dan

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2003-10-31 04:19:54 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Now, when I said that the context suggested \"one woman\" as opposed to \"a woman\", I meant it as in \"one woman among many men\". So, if there were a bunch of woman among these people, it wouldn\'t be a big deal because there are plenty of guys. But if they all want the same one woman, well, then there would be trouble. That\'s how I meant it.

...everything would be shot to hell.


I works in either context man talking to a woman or man talking to another man or men.

Spanish term (edited): todo se ir�a a la mierda

Me parece que "hell" es demasiado blando...
Suerte.

Spanish term (edited): todo se ir�a a la mierda

If there were a woman between us, everything would go to shit.

If there were a woman among us (if one of us were a woman), we'd all be screwed!

(perhaps in more ways than one!)

Spanish term (edited): todo se ir�a a la mierda

Stronger: "it would all get fucked up"


... If we did succeed it would just last a couple months and then it would all fall
apart." As well, Bignell is a professional record producer and mixer so ...
www.canoe.ca/JamMusicArtistsH/hammerheads.html - 16k - Cached - Similar pages

... It was like the first time I never had, the way it always should have been. Something
kept telling me it was no good, it would all get fucked up in the end. ...
quindoma.tripod.com/fics/erin/redemption2.htm - 42k - Cached - Similar pages

Parece esa expresion

..which is, after all, where shit ultimately goes!

If there were a woman among us / if a woman came between us (depending on context) it would all be for shit (multiple synomyns already proposed).

(If there's shit in the original, there ought to be shit...)