odd couple
noun
: two people with a special connection or relationship who are very different from each other
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The Wrong Trousers, which helped establish the popularity of Claymation odd couple Wallace and Gromit, has proved to have legs.
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Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
Jesse Eisenberg presents this odd couple odyssey as a comic-tragic Kvetch-22, an emotionally impossible journey that finds its way forward through the wildly oscillating moods and manners of Kieran Culkin’s hilariously charismatic performance.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Then a Senate odd couple—Warren, the progressive from Massachusetts, and Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri—introduced their Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025
But eventually, as the people around them get increasingly frustrated with the odd couple’s dreamlike connection, real life threatens to kill Camille’s fantasy.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
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Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
Jesse Eisenberg presents this odd couple odyssey as a comic-tragic Kvetch-22, an emotionally impossible journey that finds its way forward through the wildly oscillating moods and manners of Kieran Culkin’s hilariously charismatic performance.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Feb. 2025
Then a Senate odd couple—Warren, the progressive from Massachusetts, and Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri—introduced their Patients Before Monopolies (PBM) Act.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Jan. 2025
But eventually, as the people around them get increasingly frustrated with the odd couple’s dreamlike connection, real life threatens to kill Camille’s fantasy.
—Jourdain Searles, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025
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“Odd couple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/odd%20couple. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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