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Phrase(s): Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Prov. Copying someone is flattering because it shows you want to be like that person. • Child: Susie’s doing everything I do. Make her stop. Mother: Don’t be cross with her. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. • Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but I don’t feel flattered when Mary copies my answers to the homework.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs