English Explanatory Dictionary

strange bedfellows

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unusual combination or political alliance.

Pronunciation

En-au-strange bedfellows.ogg

Word forms

strange bedfellows strange bedfellow

Etymology

1610, from Shakespeare's The Tempest.

Related words

in bed with make common cause unholy alliance
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