# like two peas in a pod

idiom · CEFR B2

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/like-two-peas-in-a-pod
Updated: 2026-06-07

## Meaning

They're always together

## Examples

- The two brothers are like two peas in a pod.
- You can tell they have been best friends for years because they are like two peas in a pod.
- Although they grew up in different cities, the cousins discovered they shared the same quirky sense of humor and were like two peas in a pod.

## Origin

From the 16th-century simile 'as like as one pease is to another' (John Lyly's Euphues, 1580); peas from one pod look identical. (disputed)

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