opposites attract
idiom
—used to say that people who are very different from each other are often attracted to each other
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Dolly Parton and her husband Carl Thomas Dean are the epitome of opposites attract.
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Elphaba the eternal outcast and Glinda the popular girl have become close friends toward the end of Wicked, proving opposites attract.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
All Male Cats Are Named Tom: Or, the Uneasy Symbiosis between T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx
Class and religious differences, among other factors, thwarted the would-be friendship between two cultural titans, suggesting opposites attract, but may not adhere.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Well, here’s a leaf from the designers’ color-courage handbook: When combining colors, remember opposites attract.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Opened by owner Cassidy James Taylor in May 2023, Grump & Sunshine is a play on, and a nod to, this romance trope about how opposites attract.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
American Bulldog Could this be a case of opposites attract?
—Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 2 Sep. 2023
His reporting proves that opposites attract as the two draw closer.
—Leah Hall, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
The technology is based, in some ways, on the notion that opposites attract.
—Macie Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
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Rachel Desantis, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
Elphaba the eternal outcast and Glinda the popular girl have become close friends toward the end of Wicked, proving opposites attract.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
All Male Cats Are Named Tom: Or, the Uneasy Symbiosis between T. S. Eliot and Groucho Marx
Class and religious differences, among other factors, thwarted the would-be friendship between two cultural titans, suggesting opposites attract, but may not adhere.
—JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
Well, here’s a leaf from the designers’ color-courage handbook: When combining colors, remember opposites attract.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2024
Opened by owner Cassidy James Taylor in May 2023, Grump & Sunshine is a play on, and a nod to, this romance trope about how opposites attract.
—Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
American Bulldog Could this be a case of opposites attract?
—Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 2 Sep. 2023
His reporting proves that opposites attract as the two draw closer.
—Leah Hall, Country Living, 30 Aug. 2023
The technology is based, in some ways, on the notion that opposites attract.
—Macie Parker, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
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“Opposites attract.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opposites%20attract. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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