be cut from the same cloth

cut from the same cloth

Very similar in characteristics or behaviors. I hate the snow, but my kids just love it—they are definitely cut from the same cloth. Julia and her mother are cut from the same cloth, as they are both so kind and sweet. Just because they're identical twins, don't expect them to be cut from the same cloth—one is a total tomboy while the other is a girly girl.

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cut from the same cloth

 and made from the same mold

Fig. sharing a lot of similarities; seeming to have been created, reared, or fashioned in the same way. She and her brother are cut from the same cloth. They both tell lies all the time. Father and son are made from the same mold and even sound alike on the telephone.

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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

be cut from the same cloth

mainly BRITISH

If two or more people are cut from the same cloth, they are very similar in their character, attitudes, or behaviour. It's often said that London critics are all cut from the same cloth: that they are white, male, middle-aged and middle-class. Note: You can say that people are cut from a different cloth, meaning they are very different. His brother was cut from an altogether different cloth.

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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed. © HarperCollins Publishers 2012

cut from the same cloth

of the same nature.

1999 Washington Post The last thing a franchise needs is for the two most important men at the top to be cut from the same cloth.

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be ˌcut from the same ˈcloth

be very similar in character, quality, experience, etc: Don’t assume all the women in our family are cut from the same cloth.

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cut from the same cloth

Similar or the same.

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