cut from the same cloth

Made identically similar

Cut from the same cloth describes people or things that share fundamental characteristics—similar in nature, background, or disposition.

The image is of garments made from a single piece of fabric, ensuring they match perfectly: Those two politicians are cut from the same cloth.

Often used to note family resemblance or shared flaws: He and his father are cut from the same cloth.

Related

identical · one and the same · analogous · comparable · birds of a feather · two of a kind · kindred spirits · same wavelength · peers · uniform · kindred · counterparts · twins · derived · parallel · indistinguishable · siblings · blood relatives

Opposites
similarity/sameness

cut from the same clothworlds apart

Completely unlike each other

poles apart · dissimilar · unalike · apples and oranges · cut from different cloth

shared origin/nature

cut from the same clothcut from different cloth

strange bedfellows · odd couple · unrelated

compatibility/kinship

cut from the same clothoil and water

Proverbial unmixable substances

like cats and dogs · at odds · incompatible · mismatched · ill-suited

Family

cutting, cutter, cutters, cloth, cloths, clothe, clothes, clothing, clothed

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G