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Meaning of strange bedfellows | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An unusual combination or political alliance.

idiomatic, plural, plural-normally

Equivalents

Русский неожи́данные сою́зники стра́нные компаньо́ны

Examples

“The USA and the USSR were strange bedfellows. They were united only in their opposition to Hitler and Fascism.”

“Lacan and feminism: strange bedfellows? There never was an alliance between the person Lacan and feminism.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

strange bird strange fish strange fruit strange loop strange matter strange quark