双そう璧へきをなす

expression, godan verb (-su)

be a match for; rival; be equal to

Used when two people or things are so outstanding that they stand together as a pair of equals, like two jewels. Often in the pattern AとBが双璧をなす or Aと双璧をなすB.

• 彼かれは業ぎょう界かいで双そう璧へきをなすライバルだ。

  He is a rival who stands as an equal in the industry.

• この二ふたつの作さく品ひんは近きん代だい文ぶん学がくの双そう璧へきをなす。

  These two works are the twin peaks of modern literature.