there the similarity ends

idiom

—used to say that besides some specified thing or things that two people or things have in common, the two are not alike in other ways
Both women have two children and like sports but there the similarity ends.

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“There the similarity ends.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/there%20the%20similarity%20ends. Accessed 26 Mar. 2023.

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