English Dictionary

Tweedledum and Tweedledee

/ˌtwiːdəlˈdʌm ən ˌtwiːdəlˈdiː/

noun

(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.

Tweedledum and Tweedledee are two fictional characters in Lewis Carroll's book 'Through the Looking-Glass'.

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.