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one and the same
Idioms and Phrases
Identical, as in Gloria's grandfather had been, at one and the same time, a physician at the court and a general in the army . This expression is an emphatic form of âthe same.â [Mid-1800s]Example Sentences
His work and home selves are one and the same.
Ms Itooka was born in May 1908 â six years before the World War One and the same year that the Ford Model T car was launched in the US.
And for Miyazaki in particular, art and life are nearly one and the same as we come to learn in this yearâs documentary that sneakily landed on Max this summer, âHayao Miyazaki and The Heron.â
As such, "Gladiator II" tries to separate virtuous general from venal politician, "just" violence from "unjust" violence, without recognizing that in a society that worships the sword, extols the soldier who wields it, and bays lustily at the poor man who is forced to reenact his deeds in the arena â all of those become largely one and the same.
They were one and the same by the time the presidential general election began this year.
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