strange bedfellows en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
1610, from Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Meanings
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(idiomatic, plural, plural-normally) An unusual combination or political alliance.
The USA and the USSR were strange bedfellows. They were united only in their opposition to Hitler and Fascism.
1996, Tony Downey, Nigel Smith, Russia and the USSR, 1900-1995, Oxford University Press, USA, →ISBN, page 66:Lacan and feminism: strange bedfellows? There never was an alliance between the person Lacan and feminism.
2002, Teresa Brennan, Between Feminism and Psychoanalysis, Routledge, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| strange bedfellow | Number=Sing | lexicographic |
Relateds
in bed with · make common cause · unholy alliance
Translations (3)
ru неожи́данные сою́зники (unusual combination or political alliance) · ru стра́нные компаньо́ны (unusual combination or political alliance) · et ootamatud liitlased (unusual combination or political alliance)