odd couple

see under strange bedfellows.

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Nearby words

oda, oda nobunaga, odah, odalisque, odd, odd couple, odd fellow, odd jobs, odd lot, odd man out, odd or even

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Examples from the Web for odd couple

This is the storyline of Almost Human, Fox and J.J. Abrams's odd-couple police drama.
‘Almost Human’ Review: A Dystopian Future That We’ve Seen Before|Chancellor Agard|November 17, 2013|DAILY BEAST
On the surface it is an odd-couple pairing: the University of Montana Democrat and the Oxford-educated Conservative.
Jim Messina’s New Mission: David Cameron|John Avlon|August 3, 2013|DAILY BEAST