English Dictionary

same, same, but different

フレーズ

It's the same thing, but with some differences.

日本語の意味

同じように見えるが、いくつかの点で異なる / 似ているものの、微妙な違いがある / 基本的には同一だが、細部に差異が存在する

The two paintings looked same, same, but different, as if the artist had reused a familiar motif with subtle variations.

その二つの絵は同じようでいて違いがあり、まるで画家が馴染みのあるモチーフを微妙に変えて描いたかのようだった。

意味（1）

It's the same thing, but with some differences.

A day before I'd stepped off a train in Vladivostok in snow and ice, still hung over from the vodka hug-fest with the silver-toothed gangsters, India and Afghanistan just over my shoulder, on my mind, and then, wham, a taxi through warm L.A. -- Fuck, man, look at that traffic! said the driver, who'd emigrated to the U.S. from Jordan when he was sixteen -- and I was plunging into a place I hadn't seen in months. As a T-shirt in India read, Same, same, but different.

same （ canonical ）

but different （ canonical ）