one and the same
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3.9
- idiom
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idéntico
- His vocation and avocation are one and the same.
- one and the same thing
- one and the same person
- at one and the same time
They're not one and the same and they don't need the same things.
- They're not one and the same and they don't need the same things.
- Consequently both gods and men have done one and the same thing.
- There is a myth of massive support for Putin, meaning that Putin and Russia are one and the same.
- These two are one and the same, no question.
- So for me, the love of the sport and, and following Senna are really one and the same thing.
- And very few people in Ukraine believed what what Vladimir Putin was saying, that Russians and Ukrainians were one and the same people.
Examples
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British and Arab interests are one and the same.
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Clark Kent and Superman are one and the same.
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These two are one and the same, no question.
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My wife and I are one and the same, sir.
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Now we are one and the same!
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But our goal is one and the same.
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But those names are all one and the same to her.
Fiction book (2001) -
However, reviewers argued that these were really one and the same activity.
Academic text (1999) -
For Sandback, his visible work and its invisible meanings are one and the same thing.
Academic text (2012) -
Clark Kent and Superman are one and the same.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Exactly like the person or thing mentioned before
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2.9
Being exactly the same in every detail as another
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7.7
The exact same person or thing as before
Describing words that refer to the same person or thing
Antonyms
How Identical
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'one and the same' directly expresses identity: 'one' (a single unit) combined with 'same' (identical) yields the meaning of exact equivalence, with 'and the' functioning as an emphatic linker. This is a compositional, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
One and the same paints a simple image: two names or things are really a single thing. It links one and the same to show they are not two different things. So one and the same means 'exactly the same'.