Birds of a feather flock together

People are attracted to others who are like themselves.

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Idioms and Phrases

Individuals of like character, taste, or background (tend to stay together), as in The members of the club had no trouble selecting their yearly outing—they're all birds of a feather . The idea of like seeks like dates from ancient Greek times, and “Birds dwell with their kind” was quoted in the apocryphal book of Ecclesiasticus. The full saying in English, Birds of a feather flock together , was first recorded in 1545.

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As the English proverb teaches, “Birds of a feather flock together.”

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The relevant proverb: “Birds of a feather flock together.”

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Well, birds of a feather flock together.

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‘Winged Migration’ Birds of a feather flock together, and you’ll be right there with them in this Oscar-nominated 2001 nature documentary.

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“For some people, vaccinating means sort of giving up their credentials as a good conservative and all of their conservative friends and family members. We tend to live in social networks that have this ‘birds of a feather flock together’ feature,” says Gretchen Chapman, a professor of social and decision sciences at Carnegie Mellon.

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