idiom · informal
two peas in a pod
UK/tuː piːz ɪn ə pɒd/US/tuː piz ɪn ə pɑːd/two PEES in a POD
very similar in character, tastes, or behaviour
Examples
“My sister and I argue about everything, but people say we're two peas in a pod.”
“They both love old movies and jazz — they're two peas in a pod.”
“When I met his friend, I realised they were like two peas in a pod — same laugh, same jokes.”
Band 8 sentence
“I always thought my sister and I were two peas in a pod — we even pick the same absurd nicknames for people.”
Collocations
- be two peas in a pod
- like two peas in a pod
Word family
Common mistakes
We are two peas on a pod.→We are two peas in a pod.
We are two pea in a pod.→We are two peas in a pod.
We are two peas.→We are two peas in a pod.
Say it for a higher band
5very similar→6very much alike→7+two peas in a pod
Synonyms
very similar
birds of a feather
Easily confused
birds of a feather
“They tend to hang out together because birds of a feather flock together.”
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