Talk:in the same vein

Apparently this might be the etymology:

"The original phrase is It's in a similar vein, which actually started in mines since ores naturally formed long streaming deposits called veins. Miners would use the phrase to effectively communicate the locations of each separate vein. So if a miner uncovered what looked like two different deposits, a senior miner may come down and tell him that one deposit is "in a similar vein" to the other."

source: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/49704/meaning-and-usage-of-its-in-that-vein 89.69.130.27 11:52, 2 July 2016 (UTC)