the same as (someone or something)
Very alike in appearance, behavior, traits, characteristics, etc., as someone or something else. It's important to praise each of your kids the same as their siblings, even if it's for relatively mundane things. Your dinner is the same as everyone else's! You're just the same as your mother—headstrong and impetuous!
same as someone or something
identical to someone or something. Can you build me a birdhouse the same as yours? Have you noticed that Mary looks the same as her mother?