adversity makes strange bedfellows

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-fellow

Talbot: "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."


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • adversity makes strange bedfellows — While the underlying idea remains the same, there has always been some variation in the first word of the proverb: see also politics makes strange bedfellows. 1611 SHAKESPEARE Tempest II. ii. 37 My best way is to creep under his gaberdine; there… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • politics makes strange bedfellows — Politics has long been considered a plural noun; its use with a singular verb is comparatively recent. A well established variant of adversity makes strange bedfellows. 1839 P. HONE Diary 9 July (1927) I. 404 Party politics, like poverty, bring… …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • strange — see adversity makes strange bedfellows politics makes strange bedfellows fact is stranger than fiction truth is stranger than fiction …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • adversity — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Ill fortune Nouns 1. (difficulty) adversity, affliction; bad, ill, adverse, or hard luck or fortune, Weltschmerz; evil lot; force majeur, frowns of fortune; evil star or genius; ups and downs of life,… …   English dictionary for students

  • adversity — see adversity makes strange bedfellows …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs, Thematic Index — absence absence makes the heart grow fonder he who is absent is always in the wrong the best of friends must part blue are the hills that are far away distance lends enchantment to the view out of sight, out of mind …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • bedfellow — see adversity makes strange bedfellows politics makes strange bedfellows …   Proverbs new dictionary

  • poverty — see when poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window poverty is no disgrace, but it is a great inconvenience poverty is not a crime adversity makes strange bedfellows …   Proverbs new dictionary


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