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

Lest he be cast in the same mold as the likes of Mr. Lopez and Mr. Baez, meanwhile, Mr. Macri has repatriated $1.3 million he held in an offshore account in the Bahamas.

From Washington Times

And the miracles in each case were pretty much of the same character, thus indicating a common course for their origin,—all probably having been cast in the same mold—in the theological schools of the once famous, world-renowned city of Alexandria, the capital of Egypt.

From Project Gutenberg

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 Project Gutenberg

One Exxon executive, who knows them both, describes them as "cast in the same mold�hard businessmen, not extraverted, used to tough decisions."

From Time Magazine Archive

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