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Tweedledum And Tweedledee

Definition: Tweedledum And Tweedledee

Tweedledum And Tweedledee

Noun

1. Any two people who are hard to tell apart.

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Synonym: Tweedledum And Tweedledee

Synonym: Tweedledee and Tweedledum (n). (additional references)

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Use in Literature: Tweedledum And Tweedledee

TitleAuthorQuote

Through the Looking-Glass

Carroll, Lewis

TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expression: Tweedledum And Tweedledee

Expression using "Tweedledum and Tweedledee": be as tweedledum and tweedledee. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Tweedledum And Tweedledee

Language Translations for "Tweedledum and Tweedledee"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

krejt njëlloj. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

двойници. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

半斤八兩 (not much to choose between the two). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ugyanaz (ditto, do, homeo-, homoeo-, idem, identic, identical, just the same, one, same, selfsame, self-same, very). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eedledumtway anday eedledeetway

   

Russian 

  

двойники. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

neznatna razlika. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

två likadana. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

birbirinin aynı iki şey. (various references)

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Quotations: Fiction
4. Expressions
5. Translations: Modern
6. Bibliography


  

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