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ような物だ

something like; like; practically or as good as

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phrase Uncommon #8,434
something like; like; practically or as good as Usually written ようなものだ, with もの in hiragana. It is used to compare something to another thing or to say that something is essentially equivalent to, or practically the same as, something else. The exact spelling 物 is more formal or less common than もの in this expression.
JA: 契約は成立したような物だから、外へ出かけてお祝いしよう。
EN: The contract is practically finalized, so let's go out and celebrate.

彼は一人で十字架を背負っているような物だな。

It's like he's carrying his cross all by himself.

それはまるで、その惨事が彼のせいだとでも言っているような物だ。

It was almost as if to say that the disaster was his fault.

私にとってこの本は、あなたにとっての聖書のような物だ。

To me, this book is like the Bible is to you.

…あるクリスタルのような…そうだ、こんなような物だ！

...Something like a crystal... Yes, that's it—something like this!

— アトランティス 失われた帝国 (2001)