odd couple
noun
: two people with a special connection or relationship who are very different from each other
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The premise, for anyone who needs reminding, is an odd couple lifelong friendship that survives domineering mothers, long distances, polar opposite personalities, men and misunderstandings, all until a terminal disease does the separating that a long list of previous plot devices couldn’t.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Hall was born to the odd couple in 1956 in Cleveland.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss are the odd couple leading CBS' new crime drama.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Hall was born to the odd couple in 1956 in Cleveland.
—Jennifer Wilson, New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2026
Trump and Netanyahu, two political high rollers, are seen as more of an odd couple than Roosevelt-Churchill or Clinton-Blair.
—Steve Hendrix, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2026
Tom Ellis and Nick Gehlfuss are the odd couple leading CBS' new crime drama.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for odd couple
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“Odd couple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odd%20couple. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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