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like as two peas in a pod

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  1. Very similar, bearing a close resemblance. For example, They're not even sisters, but they're like as two peas in a pod. This expression alludes to the seeds contained in a pea pod, which do indeed look very much alike. [Late 1500s]


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Even though we were as "like as two peas in a pod," it is well to note that the two peas are two spheres—nature has made them separate and distinct despite their close resemblance.

From Cosmic Consciousness by Alexander J. (Alexander James) McIvor-Tyndall

They are like as two peas in a pod, I'll grant you, but the bag you snatched off the platform at New Street was mine!

From The Quest of the Sacred Slipper by Sax Rohmer

In fact, they were as like as two peas in a pod.

From The Giant Crab and Other Tales from Old India by W.H.D. Rouse

They are as like as two peas in a pod.

From The Hollow of Her Hand by George Barr McCutcheon

"No doubt of it," answered Sheppard; "only compare it with Winny's drawing, and you'll find they're as like as two peas in a pod."

From Jack Sheppard A Romance by William Harrison Ainsworth

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