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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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—If we could get face time with Klaus, he’d love you, man, you’re two of a kind.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2023

Donald Trump and Emmanuel Macron are two of a kind.

From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2018

Still they’re cousins, identical cousins, and you’ll find They think alike, they quote alike, they even self-promote alike — You can lose your mind When opportunists . . . are two of a kind!

From Washington Post ● May 25, 2016

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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