Words at Play : Top 10 Phrases from Shakespeare
What it means:
unlikely alliance
How Shakespeare Used It:
When Trinculo seeks shelter from a storm under the cloak of a creature he's very
unsure about he wonders if it's a man or a fish he comments "misery acquaints a man with strange
bed-fellows." (The Tempest, Act 2, Scene 2)
Modern example:
"But there's another key reason Philip Morris lobbied hard for FDA
regulation, aligning itself with strange bedfellows like the Campaign for Smoke-Free Kids [and] the American
Lung Association ..." Kate Pickert, Time, June 12, 2009