English idiom

one and the same

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Figurative meaning

exactly the same person or thing, despite appearing to have two identities

Why this phrase?

The expression emphatically collapses two descriptions into one identity.

Example

“The editor and the anonymous reviewer were one and the same.”

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in the same ballpark

roughly similar in amount, size, or quality

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