Truth is stranger than fiction, be no stranger to sth

• Goldman Sachs: Into the whirlwind

  As it faces its greatest challenge, an important new history shows that the American investment bank is no stranger to adversity
  

Before “Go November,” he had never written a screenplay. But, he said, his experiences cried out for cinematic treatment.

“I had been involved in politics for so long, and truth is stranger than fiction sometimes,” Mr. Blakeman said. “I thought it would be funny to have a movie about dirty tricks and fighting for the middle that comes down to the last day.”

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be no stranger to sth FORMAL
to be familiar with a particular experience or activity:
He is no stranger to hard work.

Truth is stranger than fiction. SAYING
said when you want to emphasize that real events or things are sometimes stranger than imaginary ones

Don Juan: CANTO THE FOURTEENTH

CI

'T is strange -- but true; for truth is always strange;

Stranger than fiction; if it could be told,

多奇怪! 但千真萬確; 因為現實
總是很離奇的，荒誕甚於小說。