strange bedfellows
Odd partnership forms
Strange bedfellows are unlikely allies or partners—people or groups who collaborate despite having little in common or even opposing interests.
The phrase comes from the proverb "politics makes strange bedfellows," acknowledging that political circumstances force cooperation between those who would otherwise never associate: Environmental groups and hunters became strange bedfellows in opposing the development.
- make common causeUnite for shared aim
- common groundPoints of agreement
- acquaintsMakes aware of
- unholy alliancePartnership between unlikely, corrupt parties
- unexpectedNot anticipated beforehand
uneasy alliance · in bed with · coalition · political alliance · alliance · partisan divide · politics · misery · cabal · pair · odd couple · Shakespeare · The Tempest · odd couples · marriage of convenience · alignment · circumstances · cats and dogs
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- incompatibilityoil and water, chalk and cheese, apples and oranges, mismatch, clash
strange bedfellowskindred spirits
People deeply alike inside
birds of a feather · perfect match · soul mates · two peas in a pod
strange bedfellowskindred spirits
People deeply alike inside
birds of a feather · peas in a pod · two of a kind · usual suspects · bosom buddies
strange bedfellowsperfect match
hand in glove · made for each other · simpatico · in sync · soul mates
strange, stranger, strangely, strangeness, estranged, estrangement, bedmate