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mirror image

 noun
     
mirror image [countable]
1 an image of something in which the right side appears on the left, and the left side appears on the right
2 something that is either very similar to something else or is the complete opposite of it
mirror image of
The situation is a mirror image of the one Republicans faced 25 years ago.
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