cut from the same cloth
In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.
Meaning · English
Of the same nature.
Where it’s used:
Used
Widespread English
Examples
These individuals read newspapers fabricated in the offices of the Communist ~ Party; view only two television channels, both cut from the same cloth; and listen to radios that play the same worn - out speeches.
And yet attempts to view canine smarts as cut from the same cloth as human intelligence gloss over a lot of the details about how dogs and humans operate.
British National Corpus sentence via the MAGPIE corpus (CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Listed in Wiktionary’s “English idioms” category (retrieved 2026-07-29); definition pending editorial review. Figurative class: Metaphor (PIE-English corpus, CC BY 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-31).
Common questions
What does “cut from the same cloth” mean?
Of the same nature.
Is “cut from the same cloth” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.