of a piece
English edit
Etymology edit
From an obsolete sense of a (“the same”).
Pronunciation edit
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Prepositional phrase edit
- (idiomatic) Of the same kind.
- 1894, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough[1]:
- Strange as this expectation appears to us, it is quite of a piece with early modes of thought.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see of, a, piece.
Synonyms edit
- (of the same kind): of a blood, of a feather, of a kind
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
of the same kind
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