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the enemy of my enemy is my friend en · X

Meanings

  1. It is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat.

Forms

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my enemy's enemy is my friend alternative lexicographic

Relateds

war makes strange bedfellows

Translations (21)

ka ჩემი მტრის მტერი ჩემი მეგობარიაო (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · hy իմ թշնամու թշնամին իմ ընկերն է (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · pl wróg mojego wroga jest moim przyjacielem (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · es el enemigo de mi enemigo es mi amigo (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · eo la malamiko de mia malamiko estas mia amiko (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · de der Feind meines Feindes ist mein Freund (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · tr düşmanımın düşmanı dostumdur (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · az düşmənimin düşməni mənim dostumdur (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · fr l’ennemi de mon ennemi est mon ami (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · pt o inimigo do meu inimigo é meu amigo (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · ar عَدُوُّ عَدُوِّي صَدِيقِي (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · cmn 敵人的敵人就是朋友 /敌人的敌人就是朋友 (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · fi viholliseni vihollinen on ystäväni (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · it il nemico del mio nemico è mio amico (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · ro dușmanul dușmanului meu este prietenul meu (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · ko 내 원수의 적이 내 친구 야 (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · ta எதிரிக்கு எதிரி நண்பன் (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · ka ჩემი მტრის მტერი ჩემი მეგობარია (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · vi kẻ thù của kẻ thù của tôi là bạn của tôi (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · yue 敵人的敵人就是朋友 /敌人的敌人就是朋友 (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat) · nl de vijand van mijn vijand is mijn vriend (it is sometimes necessary to cooperate with a person one does not like or agree with, in order to combat a common threat)