单词 | Tweedledum and Tweedledee |
释义 | Tweedledum and Tweedledee(ˌtwiːdəlˈdʌm, ˌtwiːdəlˈdiː) noun any two persons or things that differ only slightly from each other; two of a kind Word origin C19: from the proverbial names of Handel and the musician Buononcini, who were supported by rival factions though it was thoughtby some that there was nothing to choose between them. The names were popularizedby Lewis Carroll's use of them in Through the Looking Glass (1872) |
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