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Meaning: (idiomatic,of two or more persons or things)Verysimilar; possessing many of the samefundamentalcharacteristics.1914,Julian Hawthorne, chapter 6, inThe Subterranean Brotherhood:[T]hese men are no more lost souls than we are—are, in fact, woven out of the same yarn andcut from the same cloth.1921,Gene Stratton-Porter, chapter 15, inHer Father's Daughter:"Now ain't they jist the finest gentlemen?" said Katy. "Cutright off of a pieceof the same clothas your father."1997October 3,Stephen Holden, “Film Review: Casanova Complex”, inNew York Times, retrieved4 July 2011:Kiss the Girls, adapted from a novel by James Patterson, iscut from the same clothasThe Silence of the Lambs.2009January 6, Jeff Israely, “Rome Eyes Russian Orthodox Church Vote”, inTime:Kremlinologists and Vaticanisti arecut from the same cloth— fantastically adept at identifying the most important signs amid the smoke-and-mirrors maneuvering of their respective subjects.
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