@xia to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 26 days ago"One of a kind" means unique, but "two of a kind" implies quite commonmessage-square5arrow-up122arrow-down130
arrow-up1-8arrow-down1message-square"One of a kind" means unique, but "two of a kind" implies quite common@xia to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish • 26 days agomessage-square5
minus-square@xiaOPlinkEnglish-8•edit-226 days agoYes, and such pairings occur way more frequently than “one of a kind”.
minus-square@snooggums@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglish21•edit-226 days agoThe saying “two of a kind” is saying that the similarity of the pairing pairings are uncommon enough to stand out from a random pairing. But at the core it is a comparison of similarities, not about frequency. One of a kind just means there isn’t anything similar.
Yes, and such pairings occur way more frequently than “one of a kind”.
The saying “two of a kind” is saying that the similarity of the pairing pairings are uncommon enough to stand out from a random pairing.
But at the core it is a comparison of similarities, not about frequency. One of a kind just means there isn’t anything similar.