Idiom: Strange Bedfellows
Meanings
1610, from Shakespeare's The Tempest.[1]
How to pronounce "strange bedfellows":
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An unusual combination or political alliance.
Example Sentences
1
The environmentalists and the oil industry make strange bedfellows in their collaboration to develop renewable energy sources.
2
The conservative and the liberal politicians formed a strange bedfellows alliance to pass the new education bill.
3
The fashion designer and the construction worker seemed like strange bedfellows, but they became close friends.
4
The celebrity and the politician were seen together at the event, making them a pair of strange bedfellows.
5
The technology company and the traditional arts organization formed a strange bedfellows partnership to create an innovative exhibition.
