I’m for a good corresponding native German proverb for "Adversity makes strange bedfellows. I have’t found anything online.
my translation:
Harte Zeiten bescheren seltsame Bettgenossen
Sorry. Meant to write:
I’m lookin for a good corresponding native German proverb for “Adversity makes strange bedfellows”. I have’t found anything online.
perhaps Unglück kennt keine Freunde.
ISTM that the sense of that in other English words is that difficult circumstances can lead to unlikely alliances. The sense I get from the German you’re offering is that bad luck leads to no friendships, so not the same thing. (My knowledge of German is far from complete.)
That was the best choice I could come up with. My searches didn['t turn up anything resembling my modified Google translation.
but ‘Unglück kennt keine Freunde’ is an actual maxim but doesn’t really correspond to “Adversity makes strange bedfellows”
I can’t think of a real close corresponding proverb, but maybe this carries some of the sentiment and is a common saying:
In der Not frisst der Teufel Fliegen.
meaning literally:
In times of trouble, the Devil eats flies.
Thanks EisteinHund. This does seem to be a good match.