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| 释义 | IDIOMSLANG SAMENESS all the same (to someone) and just the same (to someone) of no consequence to someone; immaterial to someone.It's all the same to me whether we win or lose.If it's just the same to you, I'd rather walk than ride.If it's all the same, I'd rather you didn't smoke. amount to the same thing and come to the same thing to be the same as something.Borrowing can be the same as stealing. If the owner does not know what you have borrowed, it amounts to the same thing.Beer, wine. They come to the same thing if you drink and drive. follow in someone's tracks and follow in someone's footsteps to follow someone's example; to assume someone else's role or occupation.The vice president was following in the president's footsteps when he called for budget cuts.She followed in her father's footsteps and went into medicine. follow suit to follow in the same pattern; to follow someone else's example. (From card games.)Mary went to work for a bank, and Jane followed suit. Now they are both head cashiers.The Smiths went out to dinner, but the Browns didn't follow suit. They stayed home. follow the crowd to do what everyone else is doing.I am an independent thinker. I could never just follow the crowd.When in doubt, I follow the crowd. At least I don't stand out like a fool. in a dead heat [finishing a race] at exactly the same time; tied.The two horses finished the race in a dead heat.They ended the contest in a dead heat. one and the same the very same person or thing. (Fixed order.)John Jones and J. Jones are one and the same.Men's socks and men's stockings are almost one and the same. |
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