1 to boil noodles

1 and so on

2 and such

1 humanity

2 human race

3 mankind

1 instant noodles

1 instant noodles

1 to excel the common (idiom); surpassing

2 preeminent

3 outstanding

1 to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom)

2 to fail utterly in trying to copy something

3 to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result

1 similar things come together (idiom); like draws like

2 Birds of a feather flock together.

1 Similar things group together, similar people fit together (idiom); Birds of a feather flock together.

1 drawing a tiger like a dog (idiom); to make a fool of oneself by excessive ambition