not entirely unlike x

from Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
not entirely unlike X


   Used ironically of things which are in fact almost entirely unlike X,
   except for one feature which the speaker clearly regards as
   insignificant. "That is not entirely unlike cool...at least it's
   small." Comes directly from the Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy scene
   in which the food synthesizer on the starship Heart of Gold dispenses
   something "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea".
    

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