strange bedfellows
strange bedfellows · strange bedfellowses
неожиданные союзники, странные компаньоны
An unusual combination or political allianceAn unusual combination or political alliance.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, plural, usually plural)An unusual combination or political alliance.
неожи́данные сою́зникиneožídannyje sojúzniki, стра́нные компаньо́ныstránnyje kompanʹóny
Translations
1 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
unusual combination or political alliance:
Origin
1610, from Shakespeare's The Tempest.1610, from Shakespeare's The Tempest.
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Forms
plural: strange bedfellowsesWord family
1 related wordsRelatedunholy alliance
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.