TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE


Meaning of TWEEDLEDUM AND TWEEDLEDEE in English

two characters in the children’s book Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll . They are both fat and are dressed in exactly the same way, and their names are sometimes used to describe two people who look or behave like one another:

Two bald politicians in suits appeared, looking exactly like Tweedledum and Tweedledee.

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.