Meanings
proverb
- humorousoftenUsed to remark upon the fact that someone else has had the same thought or idea as you, implying that both of you are clever or astute.
Person B: I was just thinking that!
3 more examples
Person A: He looks a bit like David Beckham...
Person A: Great minds think alike, eh?
Person C: More like fools seldom differ in this case...
Translations
Catalan grants ments tenen els mateixos pensaments
- grants ments tenen els mateixos pensamentsused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Chinese Mandarin 英雄所見略同 /英雄所见略同
- 英雄所見略同 /英雄所见略同 (yīngxióng suǒjiàn lüètóng)used to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Dutch twee zielen, een gedachte
- twee zielen, een gedachteused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Finnish sitä minäkin juuri ajattelin
- sitä minäkin juuri ajattelinused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
French les grands esprits se rencontrent
- les grands esprits se rencontrentused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
German zwei Seelen, ein Gedanke, zwei Dumme, ein Gedanke
- zwei Seelen, ein Gedankeused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
- zwei Dumme, ein Gedankeused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Greek τα μεγάλα πνεύματα συναντώνται
- τα μεγάλα πνεύματα συναντώνται (ta megála pnévmata synantóntai)used to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Hebrew מוחות גדולים חושבים בצורה דומה
- מוחות גדולים חושבים בצורה דומהused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Irish tuigeann fáidh fáidh eile
- tuigeann fáidh fáidh eileused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Japanese 賢人は皆同じように考えるものだ
- 賢人は皆同じように考えるものだ (kenjin wa minna onaji yō ni kangaeru mono da)used to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Korean 역지즉개연, 역지사지
- 역지즉개연 (yeokjijeukgaeyeon)used to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
- 역지사지 (yeokjisaji)used to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Norwegian store hoder tenker likt, to sjeler, en tanke
- store hoder tenker liktused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
- to sjeler, en tankeused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Polish wielkie umysły myślą tak samo
- wielkie umysły myślą tak samoused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Portuguese grandes mentes pensam igual, grandes mentes pensam da mesma forma
- grandes mentes pensam igualused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
- grandes mentes pensam da mesma formaused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Scottish Gaelic tha inntinnean móra a' co-smaoineachadh
- tha inntinnean móra a' co-smaoineachadhused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Spanish grandes mentes piensan igual
- grandes mentes piensan igualused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Swedish två själar, en tanke, två själar, samma tanke
- två själar, en tankeused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
- två själar, samma tankeused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Turkish aklın yolu bir
- aklın yolu birused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
Welsh tebyg meddwl pob doeth, unfarn pob doeth
- tebyg meddwl pob doethused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
- unfarn pob doethused to emphasize two people reaching the same conclusion
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