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strange_bedfellows

strange bedfellows

English

Noun

strange bedfellows (uncountable)

  1. (idiomatic) An unusual combination or political alliance
    "Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."[1]

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  1. "Politics makes strange bedfellows", The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition, E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Joseph F. Kett, and James Trefil, editors, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002