one and the same

idiom

: one person or thing and not two

The restaurant's owner and chef are one and the same (person).

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In my memory, in similar trickery, the man on the screen and the man on the barstool look one and the same. —

Brooks Kubena, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024 The story of Barbara, Ruth, and Ali isn’t a family narrative merely set within the climate crisis — the two stories are in fact one and the same, braided and fused. —

Sara Holdren, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024 Oliver’s belief that only the Conservative Party could run the United Kingdom meant that, for him, the interests of party and country were one and the same. —

Anand Menon, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2017 The blood is procured when a stray kitten scratches her, becoming her familiar—the witch and the childless cat lady are one and the same. —

Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for one and the same

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