sim·i·lar·i·ties
1. The quality or condition of being similar; resemblance. See Synonyms at likeness.
2. A corresponding aspect or feature; equivalence: a similarity of writing styles.
chip off the old block A son who resembles his father in appearance or behavior.
take a page out of [someone’s] book To follow another’s example, to copy or imitate someone else; also to take a leaf out of [someone’s] book. The allusion is to literary plagiarism, but the expression is now employed in a positive sense only.
It is a great pity that some of our instructors in more important matters … will not take a leaf out of the same book. (Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown at Oxford, 1861)
Posted By: DAVID JOHNSON
Sunday, February 24th 2013 at 1:37PM
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