the enemy of your enemy is your friend

the enemy of your enemy is your friend

A phrase highlighting how a common enemy can be a unifying force for otherwise disparate or antagonistic people or groups. I didn't want to work with that organization until I realized that we all wanted to keep the same candidate out of office. That's when I realized that the enemy of your enemy is your friend.
See also: enemy, friend, of
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • my enemy's enemy is my friend
  • the enemy of my enemy is my friend
  • them and us
  • us and them
  • (as) sure as eggs (is eggs)
  • a penny for them
  • great minds
  • great minds think alike
  • be twiddling (one's) thumbs
  • be twiddling your thumbs