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Idioms and Phrases

Also, all of a piece . Of the same kind, as in This legislation is of a piece with the previous bill , or Her rude behavior was all of a piece . The piece in this idiom alludes to a single mass of material. [Early 1600s]
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Cook until the peas are tender, and serve alongside or on top of a piece of fish or other mild protein.

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"The difference between Titanic sinking and not sinking are down to the fine margins of holes about the size of a piece of paper," said Simon Benson, an associate lecturer in naval architecture at the University of Newcastle.

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Sam was lying in bed one morning when her tenant in a house she owned in Margate sent her a photo of a piece of graffiti that had appeared on the wall outside.

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His positions on education, infrastructure and taxation were clearly progressive and redistributive, but his dictatorial style, contempt for the rule of law and cult of personality were of a piece with the European fascist movements of that decade.

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The sophisticated shadings of McDonald’s singing are of a piece with the character’s slightly affected manner of speech.

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