like two peas in a pod
Meaning: Very similar in looks or character.
Language: English
Literally: (Already vivid in English)
Example: “The cousins are like two peas in a pod.”
Category: Food & Drink
Origin: The peas in one pod look almost identical. The comparison is recorded from the 16th century, in John Lyly's Euphues (1580).
Equivalents in other languages
- Swedish: lika som bär — literally: like as berries
More idioms — Food & Drink
- cool as a cucumber — Very calm, especially under pressure.
- too many cooks spoil the broth — When too many people work on something, the result is worse.
- toss one's cookies — To vomit.
- manna from heaven — Something good that arrives unexpectedly just when it is needed.
- cook the books — To falsify figures, especially accounts.
- like chalk and cheese — Completely different, though perhaps similar at first glance.
More English idioms
- put someone in their place — To remind someone firmly that they are not as important as they think.
- play for high stakes — To take part in something where a great deal can be won or lost.
- take liberties — To behave too freely or presumptuously.
- in broad daylight — Openly, during the day, when anyone could see.
- not my circus, not my monkeys — It's not my problem, so I'm staying out of it.
- give someone what for — To scold or punish someone severely.
From our tongue twisters
- Betty Botter bought some butter, but she said the butter's bitter. — A 'b / t / tt' plosive drill that bounces between Betty, butter, and bitter.
- She sells seashells by the seashore. — The definitive 's' versus 'sh' alternation — the tongue has to switch place of articulati…
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. — A relentless 'p' plosive drill; a peck is an old dry measure of about nine litres.