much of a muchness
All the same
Much of a muchness describes things that are so similar as to be practically indistinguishable—where choosing between them hardly matters.
The phrase suggests mild dismissal: The candidates are much of a muchness on economic policy.
British in origin and still more common there than in American English.
- samenessState of being identical
- similarityState of being alike
- alikeSharing key features
- identicalExactly the same
- all the sameDespite the difference
interchangeable · indistinguishable · equivalent · cut from the same cloth · six of one · half a dozen · swings and roundabouts · neither here nor there · same difference · same old same old · comparable · uniform · matching · carbon copy · peas in a pod · cookie-cutter · homogeneous · broad strokes
much of a muchnessworlds apart
Completely unlike each other
poles apart · chalk and cheese · apples and oranges · no comparison · incomparable
much of a muchnessone of a kind
Utterly without equal
unique · standout · exceptional · distinctive · remarkable