Part of the same cloth

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Hello guys, what does "part of the same cloth" mean? for example:

“Many clinicians feel that bioterrorism and emerging pathogens are really part of the same cloth,” says Marguerite Neill, associate professor of medicine at ...

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Coloraday · Accepted Answer

Related and similar to each other in some ways.

RayH · Answer

The professor means that bioterrorism and the emerging pathogens are both part of the same problem.

Clive · Answer

Hi,

what does "part of the same cloth" mean? for example:

“Many clinicians feel that bioterrorism and emerging pathogens are really part of the same cloth,” says Marguerite Neill, associate professor of medicine at ...

I've never heard this expression. I think the speaker was probably trying to use 'cut from the same cloth'.

Have a look here.

http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut+from+the+same+cloth

In my experience, the phrase is used more often for people than for things.

eg Bush and Cheney were cut from the same cloth.

Best wishes, Clive

Philip · Answer

"Cut from" sounds much more natural to me, as well.

Part of the same cloth

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