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two of a kind

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  1. Very similar individuals or things, as in Patrice and John are two of a kind—they're true hiking enthusiasts. This idiom uses kind in the sense of “a class with common characteristics,” a usage dating from about a.d. 1000.


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Smith and Rivera are very different — and yet two of a kind.

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2020

Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron are two of a kind.

From New York Times Apr. 26, 2018

You would readily recognize them as two of a kind.

From Slate Sep. 11, 2014

A lean, well-dressed, pretty boy built with steely determination and fuelled by the need for absolute perfection, Roberto Mancini and Puff Daddy are two of a kind; upstarts trying to trump their opposite numbers.

From The Guardian Dec. 9, 2012

Mummy and I are two of a kind, in the big house with the porch at the top of the hill.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

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