xia@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days ago"One of a kind" means unique, but "two of a kind" implies quite commonmessage-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down130
arrow-up1-8arrow-down1message-square"One of a kind" means unique, but "two of a kind" implies quite commonxia@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarePandanticlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·22 days agoI thought “two of a kind” meant that they were the same. Like you and your friend are two of a kind, liking the same things, having similar personalities, etc.
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·edit-222 days agoYes, and such pairings occur way more frequently than “one of a kind”.
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-222 days agoThe saying “two of a kind” is saying that the similarity of the pairing pairings are uncommon enough to stand out from a random pairing. But at the core it is a comparison of similarities, not about frequency. One of a kind just means there isn’t anything similar.
I thought “two of a kind” meant that they were the same. Like you and your friend are two of a kind, liking the same things, having similar personalities, etc.
Yes, and such pairings occur way more frequently than “one of a kind”.
The saying “two of a kind” is saying that the similarity of the pairing pairings are uncommon enough to stand out from a random pairing.
But at the core it is a comparison of similarities, not about frequency. One of a kind just means there isn’t anything similar.