English Dictionary

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

IPA（発音記号）

/ˌtwiːdəlˈdʌm ən ˌtwiːdəlˈdiː/

名詞

軽蔑的

(derogatory) Two persons or organizations deemed indistinguishable in some way. / (derogatory) A pair of people who spend a lot of time together, and look and act similarly.

日本語の意味

見た目や行動が非常に似通っていて、互いに区別がつきにくい二者、あるいは二組の人々や団体を指す（差別的な意味合いを含む） / 一緒に過ごす時間が長く、似た特徴を持った二人組を指す（差別的な意味合いに留意）

In the debate, both candidates acted like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, echoing each other's lines without offering any real difference.

討論では、両候補とも見分けのつかない二人の対立者のように振る舞い、互いの言葉をなぞるだけで実質的な違いをまったく示さなかった。

意味（1）

(derogatory) Two persons or organizations deemed indistinguishable in some way.

The radicals said that Nixon and Humphrey were Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

意味（2）

(derogatory) A pair of people who spend a lot of time together, and look and act similarly.

Some officers were starting to call Edendale's two detective chief inspectors Tweedledum and Tweedledee, because they were rarely seen except when they were sitting alongside each other at the head of a briefing.