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| Russian | English |
| Богом благословенный союз | a marriage made in heaven (Andrey Truhachev) |
| весьма неожиданный союз | strange bedfellows (plural only; an unusual combination or political alliance: The President and the newly-elected Prime Minister make strange bedfellows. • Mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and megacorporations, not to mention cross-company teams, often result in strange bedfellows.) |
| необычный союз | strange bedfellows (The USA and the USSR were strange bedfellows. They were united only in their opposition to Hitler and fascism.) |
| союз, сотворённый на небесах | a marriage made in heaven (Andrey Truhachev) |
| странный союз | strange bedfellows (unlikely companions or allies; often used in the phrase "politics makes strange bedfellows" karakula) |
| удивительный союз | strange bedfellows (War makes strange bedfellows. – Война рождает удивительные союзы.) |