xia@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago"One of a kind" means unique, but "two of a kind" implies quite commonmessage-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down130
arrow-up1-6arrow-down1message-square"One of a kind" means unique, but "two of a kind" implies quite commonxia@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-27 months 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.
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.