Strange-bedfellows Definition

noun

(idiomatic) An unusual combination or political alliance.

"Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows."
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Origin of Strange-bedfellows

  • 1610, from Shakespeare's "Tempest", Act 2 Scene 2: "Alas, the storm is come again! My best way is to creep under his gaberdine; there is no other shelter hereabout: misery acquaints a man with strange bed-fellows."

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