xia@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days ago"One of a kind" means unique, but "two of a kind" implies quite commonmessage-squaremessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up121arrow-down130
arrow-up1-9arrow-down1message-square"One of a kind" means unique, but "two of a kind" implies quite commonxia@lemmy.sdf.org to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square5fedilink
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orgOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down10·edit-228 days agoYes, and such pairings occur way more frequently than “one of a kind”.
minus-squaresnooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-228 days agoThe 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.
Yes, and such pairings occur way more frequently than “one of a kind”.
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.