• Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.socialEnglish
    14·
    6 months ago

    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.

    • xia@lemmy.sdf.orgOPEnglish
      210·
      6 months ago

      Yes, and such pairings occur way more frequently than “one of a kind”.

      • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
        22·
        6 months ago

        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.