politics makes strange bedfellows
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1839 P. HONE Diary 9 July (1927) I. 404 Party politics, like poverty, bring men ‘acquainted with strange bedfellows’.
1870 C. D. WARNER My Summer in Garden (1871) 187 The Doolittle raspberries have sprawled all over the strawberry-beds: so true is it that politics makes strange bed-fellows.
1936 M. MITCHELL Gone with Wind lviii. Ashley Wilkes and I are mainly responsible. Platitudinously but truly, politics make strange bedfellows.
1980 P. VAN GREENAWAY Dissident vii. Even enemies have something in common. Statecraft produces strange bedfellows.
1995 Washington Times 31 Mar. A4 Politics makes strange bedfellows, if Mr. Hyde will forgive the unforgivable but irresistible metaphor.
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adversity makes strange bedfellows — While the underlying idea remains the same, there has always been some variation in the first word of the proverb: see also politics makes strange bedfellows. 1611 SHAKESPEARE Tempest II. ii. 37 My best way is to creep under his gaberdine; there… … Proverbs new dictionary
Strange bedfellows — The idiomatic English expession strange bedfellows is used in reference to situations wherein political or other mutual interests can bring together people who otherwise have little in common. This saying is taken from a line in The Tempest by… … Wikipedia
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Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind … Proverbs new dictionary
bedfellow — see adversity makes strange bedfellows politics makes strange bedfellows … Proverbs new dictionary
bed·fel·low — /ˈbɛdˌfɛloʊ/ noun, pl lows [count] : a person or thing that is associated or connected with another used in phrases like strange bedfellows to describe people and things that are grouped or working together in a way that seems unlikely,… … Useful english dictionary
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bedfellow — /bed fel oh/, n. 1. Also called bedmate. a person who shares one s bed. 2. an associate or collaborator, esp. one who forms a temporary alliance for reasons of expediency: Politics makes strange bedfellows. [1400 50; late ME bedfelow. See BED,… … Universalium
bedfellow — /ˈbɛdfɛloʊ / (say bedfeloh) noun 1. a sharer of one s bed. 2. a sexual partner. 3. close companion: politics makes strange bedfellows …
