单词 | bedfellow |
释义 | bedfellow (bedfeloʊ ) Word forms: bedfellows countable noun [usually plural] You refer to two things or people as bedfellows when they have become associated or related in some way. It's possible to be bedfellows with someone on one issue, and at odds with them on another. Sex and death are strange bedfellows. Collocations: strange bedfellows Other clubs, therefore, will be watching these strange bedfellows in action today wondering: how do we budget for next season? Times, Sunday Times Politics may make strange bedfellows, but economic crises make even stranger ones. Times, Sunday Times But then again, politics makes strange bedfellows and favours are sometimes rewarded with unquestioned loyalty. ST They say that adversity breeds strange bedfellows, and it has been a bizarre week. The Sun It's an old adage that politics makes for strange bedfellows. Christianity Today Unlikely bedfellows, but he felt that 'the artist has a compulsive need to put himself at risk'. Times, Sunday Times Decadence and detox are unlikely bedfellows, but the grandeur takes your mind off the hunger... most of the time. Times, Sunday Times It found some unlikely bedfellows in lawyers who threw off their gowns at courtrooms over concerns that their pensions would be hit by the reforms. Times,Sunday Times Moneylending and the silk trade may seem unlikely bedfellows. Times, Sunday Times Unlikely bedfellows, you might think. Times, Sunday Times |
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