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1 a strange bed-fellow
человек, с которым случайно свела судьба; временный союзник; см. тж. adversity makes strange bedfellowsLawrence was published with the Georgians, but there could have been no stranger bed-fellow. (W. R. McAlpine ‘Contemporary English Literature’, ‘D. H. Lawrence as Poet’, Kenk) — Лоуренса опубликовали вместе с поэтами эпохи королей Георгов. Он оказался в их компании совершенно случайно.
With Juan Peron gone, the danger was that his followers, who ranged from conservative businessmen to radical students... would realize what impossibly strange bedfellows they made. (‘Time’) — После смерти Хуана Перона возникла опасность, что его сторонники от консерваторов бизнесменов до радикалов студентов... поймут, какую невозможно разношерстную компанию они собой представляют.
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2 adversity makes strange bedfellows
посл.(adversity (misery или poverty) makes strange bedfellows (тж. misery или poverty acquaints men with strange bedfellows))≈ в нужде с кем не поведёшься [в Англии в Средние века, а также в XVI и XVII вв. отдельные кровати были редкостью. Лица одного пола часто спали вместе ещё и в середине XVII в.]; см. тж. a strange bed-fellowTalbot: "Never thought I'd see the day when I sat in the same room with a feller like that - that Smith." Dr. John: "Adversity has made stranger bed-fellows, Mr. Talbot." (D. Cusack, ‘Comets Soon Pass’, act I, sc. 1) — Талбот: "Никогда не думал, что мне придется быть в одной комнате с этим типом Смитом." Доктор Джон: "Беда с кем не подружит."
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