cast in the same mold

Idioms  

1. Bearing a close resemblance, as in All his detective stories are cast in the same mold. This term uses the verb to cast in the sense of forming an object by running molten metal into a mold. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

The two men, long tennis-playing pals, are cast in the same mold, but Peterson is if anything a shade more cerebral than his former boss.

From Time Magazine Archive

They may maintain opposing theses, but all their minds are cast in the same mold.

From Jean-Christophe Journey's End by Cannan, Gilbert

He had no hair-springs and jewel-tipped machinery in his massive, angular organization, and he acted practically as if the rest of humanity had been cast in the same mold with himself.

From A Knight of the Nineteenth Century by Roe, Edward Payson

There is much individuality among birds, a fact that makes their study far more interesting than if all were cast in the same mold.

From What Bird is That? A Pocket Museum of the Land Birds of the Eastern United States Arranged According to Season by Chapman, Frank M.

In general, whatever is desirable for one is desirable for all, since all spirits are cast in the same mold and have the same derivation.

From A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Widtsoe, John A.