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cut from the same cloth

cut from the same cloth adjective: of two or more persons or things, very similar; possessing many of the same fundamental characteristics.

Adjective

cut from the same cloth

  1. (idiomatic) Of two or more persons or things, very similar; possessing many of the same fundamental characteristics.
    • [T]hese men are no more lost souls than we are—are, in fact, woven out of the same yarn and cut from the same cloth.1914, Julian Hawthorne, chapter 6, in The Subterranean Brotherhood
    • "Now ain't they jist the finest gentlemen?" said Katy. "Cut right off of a piece of the same cloth as your father."1921, Gene Stratton-Porter, chapter 15, in Her Father's Daughter

Examples of cut from the same cloth in a sentence

  • Kiss the Girls, adapted from a novel by James Patterson, is cut from the same cloth as The Silence of the Lambs.1997 October 3, Stephen Holden, “Film Review: Casanova Complex”, in New York Times, retrieved 04 Jul 2011:
  • Kremlinologists and Vaticanisti are cut from the same cloth — fantastically adept at identifying the most important signs amid the smoke-and-mirrors maneuvering of their respective subjects.2009 January 6, Jeff Israely, “Rome Eyes Russian Orthodox Church Vote”, in Time:

Forms of cut from the same cloth

alternative formcut of the same cloth
alternative formcut out of the same cloth

Questions about cut from the same cloth

What does cut from the same cloth mean?
Cut from the same cloth means of two or more persons or things, very similar; possessing many of the same fundamental characteristics.
How do you use cut from the same cloth in a sentence?
Kiss the Girls, adapted from a novel by James Patterson, is cut from the same cloth as The Silence of the Lambs.
What part of speech is cut from the same cloth?
Cut from the same cloth is an adjective.

Words near cut from the same cloth in the dictionary

  1. cut down the tall poppy
  2. cut down to size
  3. cut fastball
  4. cut fastballs
  5. cut for sign
  6. cut from the same cloth
  7. cut glass
  8. cut ice
  9. cut in
  10. cut in line
  11. cut into

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