Tweedledum and Tweedledee
noun /ˌtwiːdlˌdʌm ən twiːdlˈdiː/
/ˌtwiːdlˌdʌm ən twiːdlˈdiː/
[plural]- two people or things that are not different from each otherMore Like This Expressions from literary sourcesExpressions from literary sources
- Alice in Wonderland
- Casanova
- Cassandra
- Don Juan
- Dorian Gray
- Falstaffian
- Frankenstein
- Jekyll and Hyde
- Lilliputian
- Lothario
- Orwellian
- Pandora’s box
- Peter Pan
- Pied Piper
- Pollyanna
- Rip Van Winkle
- Ruritanian
- Scrooge
- Shangri-La
- Sherlock
- Stepford Wife
- Svengali
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee
- Utopia
- Walter Mitty
Word OriginFrom two characters in Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll who look the same and say the same things.Word Originoriginally names applied to the composers Bononcini (1670–1747) and Handel, in a 1725 satire by John Byrom (1692–1763); they were later used for two identical characters in Lewis Carroll's novel Through the Looking Glass.