in the same breath

Idioms  

1. Also, in one breath . At or almost at the same time. For example, Ed complains about having too much homework and in the same breath talks about going out every night , or The twins said, in one breath, “More cake, please.” [Mid-1800s]

2. not in the same breath . Not to be compared. For example, Karen's a good runner, but you can't speak of her in the same breath as an Olympic athlete . Also see in the same league .

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in the same breath

“To be even mentioned in the same breath as a horse like Kelso ... that’s something that only happens once in a lifetime.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

That is what steadies me and breaks me in the same breath, that a land this rich in what it gives, in shade and figs and refuge and myth, keeps burning while the world half-watches.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

"Don't put me in the same category as those two!" says Jay Lovell, taken aback as his name is mentioned in the same breath as Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

It was the most Iranian sentence I could imagine: despair and hope in the same breath, separated by a comma.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 10, 2026

I caught them complaining about the humidity outside and in the same breath whining that the air-conditioning was too cold inside.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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