he is her latest conquest

[alpacinou]

Hello.

Imagine a woman has married a handsome man. Can she jokingly refer to him as her "conquest"?

Is this correct and natural?

She took David to the party to show off her latest conquest [David] to her discerning friends.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I doubt her friends were particularly discerning. Otherwise, your use of conquest is correct.

 

[GoesStation]

Does she expect to get married often?

 

[Skrej]

Without the context you provided, I would take it to mean he was simply her latest sexual conquest, not necessarily a husband.

 

[GoesStation]

And with the context, it sounds like she has the habit of persuading men to marry her. He's the most recent one, but we anticipate many more.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

And with the context, it sounds like she has the habit of persuading men to marry her. He's the most recent one, but we anticipate many more.

I don't read marriage into it. Far from it! She's a heartbreaker, not a serial monogamist.

That's why I doubt her friends are discerning. If they were, they wouldn't be her friends.

 

[GoesStation]

I don't read marriage into it. Far from it! She's a heartbreaker, not a serial monogamist.

That's why I doubt her friends are discerning. If they were, they wouldn't be her friends.

The text says she's "married a handsome man".

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The text says she's "married a handsome man".

Good point, thanks. It's confusing. It's hard to justify calling a husband a latest conquest, but taking it at face value, I take it to mean that, to her, marriage isn't a permanent or exclusive arrangement.