/laɪk ˈtuː ˈpiːz ɪn ə ˈpɒd/
English idiom, everyday. To look or be almost exactly alike.
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How do people use Like two peas in a pod
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Everyday English, warm and friendly. It needs two people or things as the subject (“those twins are like two peas in a pod”), and it can mean they look alike or that they get on perfectly and think alike. “Tom and Mary are two peas in a pod” works without “like” too.
Also said like peas in a pod, two peas in a pod
Like two peas in a pod
in real sentences
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Those twins are like two peas in a pod.
Tatoeba, sentence by Nuel, CC BY 2.0 FR
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Tom and Mary were like two peas in a pod.
Tatoeba, sentence by Adelpa, CC BY 2.0 FR
Where does Like two peas in a pod
come from?
The image explains itself: peas in the same pod are hard to tell apart. English Wiktionary gives no etymology, and its oldest quotation is from Randall Parrish’s novel The Red Mist (1914), which is only the earliest example on the page and not a proven first use.
Mistakes learners make with Like two peas in a pod
Using it about one person: “he is like two peas in a pod” makes no sense. Say “he and his brother are like two peas in a pod”, or use “the spitting image of” for one person who looks like another.
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