源自莎士比亚作品的10个常用短语

10. Strange Bedfellows: 不可能结盟的两个人；同床异梦

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)

莎士比亚原文：特林鸠罗在一个他不知为何物的生物的斗篷下躲避暴风雨时，他不知道那是个人还是条鱼，他说：“处于悲惨境地，人可以跟任何东西结成联盟。”（《暴风雨》，第2幕第2场）

现代例句：

"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

（中国日报网英语点津 Helen）