carbon copy

Frequency: 6.57.0 per million words

often used metaphorically for people who are very similar

copyADJECTIVE + copy (from noun sense 1: document/work of art)

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carbon

Examples (10)

  • The twins were carbon copies of each other.
  • He's a carbon copy of his father at that age.
  • Her management style is a carbon copy of her predecessor's.
  • The new smartphone is just a carbon copy of its main competitor.
  • In the days before photocopiers, you had to make a carbon copy for your records.
  • He lacks originality; his personality is a carbon copy of a TV character.
  • If he keeps mimicking his brother, he will become a carbon copy of him.
  • Is it fair to say that the sequel is a carbon copy of the first movie?
  • Critics argued the new policy was little more than a carbon copy of a failed initiative.
  • The building's design is a carbon copy of another famous landmark.