на одно лицо

• НА ОДНО ЛИЦО coll

[PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with быть, казаться etc (subj: any count noun, pl); fixed WO]

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⇒ some people (things etc) are or seem to be identical in appearance to one another, devoid of individual distinctions:

- (look <seem to be>) (exactly) the same;

- (look) exactly alike;

- (be) as like as (just like) peas (in a pod).

     ♦ ... Нюра же на первых порах начальников не различала, для неё они все были на одно лицо, как китайцы (Войнович 4). ...Nyura could not tell one official from the other, they all looked the same to her, like Chinese (4a).

     ♦ Марсиян было человек двадцать, и все были, как мне тогда показалось, на одно лицо (Богданов 1). There were about twenty Martians, and my first impression was that they all looked exactly alike (1a).

     ♦ Напряжённо вглядываюсь в лица своих судей... Все на одно лицо, хотя один из них брюнет, другой убелён сединами (Гинзбург 1). I looked intently at the faces of my judges. ...They were as like as peas, though one of the three was dark and another grey (1a)