as like as peas

as like as peas
(as like as (two) peas (тж. as like as two peas in a pod))
≈ похожи как две капли воды

From their cruel jaws to their bushy tails they were as like as peas in their likeness to timber-wolves. (J. London, ‘Burning Daylight’, part I, ch. III) — Эти собаки с могучими челюстями и пушистыми хвостами были точным подобием волка.

Holland: "But look here, I remember seeing the Archduke described as a very handsome man." Jack Straw: "Spare my blushes, dear friend. We are as like as two peas." (W. S. Maugham, ‘Jack Straw’, act II) — Холланд: "Но послушайте, я читал, что эрцгерцог красивый мужчина." Джек Стро: "Не заставляйте меня краснеть, дорогой друг. Мы же с эрцгерцогом похожи друг на друга как две капли воды".

Your father was as like you are now as twa [= two] peas in a pod. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book III, ch. 2) — Отец твой нравом был точь-в-точь ты.


Большой англо-русский фразеологический словарь. - М.: «Русский язык-Медиа».. 2006.

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  • like two peas in a pod — Things that are like two peas in a pod are very similar or identical …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • like two peas in a pod — (like) two peas in a pod very similar. We were two peas in a pod – we liked all the same things, and we did everything together …   New idioms dictionary

  • like two peas in a pod — informal phrase used for saying that two people look, behave, or think exactly the same Thesaurus: samesynonym Main entry: pea …   Useful english dictionary

  • like two peas in a pod —    Things that are like two peas in a pod are very similar or identical,   (Dorking School Dictionary)    ***    To say that two people are like two peas in a pod means that they are very similar in appearance.     It wasn t difficult to identify …   English Idioms & idiomatic expressions

  • like two peas in a pod — {adj. phr.} Closely similar; almost exactly alike. * /The twin sisters Eve and Agnes are like two peas in a pod./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like two peas in a pod — {adj. phr.} Closely similar; almost exactly alike. * /The twin sisters Eve and Agnes are like two peas in a pod./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • like\ two\ peas\ in\ a\ pod — adj. phr. Closely similar; almost exactly alike. The twin sisters Eve and Agnes are like two peas in a pod …   Словарь американских идиом

  • like two peas in a pod — like identical twins, like two things that are very similar …   English contemporary dictionary

  • be like two peas in a pod — to be very similar. You can tell they re brothers at a glance they re like two peas in a pod …   New idioms dictionary

  • like two peas in a pod — adjective very similar; a couple made for each other …   Wiktionary

  • like two peas in a pod — informal used for saying that two people look, behave, or think exactly the same …   English dictionary


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