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birds of a feather en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, plural, plural-only) People having similar characters, backgrounds, interests, or beliefs.
    • Paul Blanshard has two bogeymen of almost equal fearsomeness: one dwells in the Kremlin, the other in the Vatican.... Blanshard has satisfied himself that Stalin and the Pope are pretty much birds of a feather. 1951 May 21, “As Bad or Worse?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2009:
    • c1710, Jonathan Swift, "A Conference," lines 11-12, And since we're so near, like birds of a feather, Let's e'en, as they say, set our horses together.
    • Birds of a feather do fall out sometimes. 1876, Anthony Trollope, chapter 51, in The Prime Minister:
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, idiomatic, plural, plural-only) Ellipsis of birds of a feather flock together.

Relateds

birds of a feather flock together · birds-of-a-feather session

Translations (21)

fi samanlaiset (people having similar characters) · es tal para cual (people having similar characters) · sv kålsupare (people having similar characters) · es Dios los cría y ellos se juntan (people having similar characters) · fr bonnet blanc, blanc bonnet (people having similar characters) · de Gleichgesinnte (people having similar characters) · cmn 同類的人 /同类的人 (people having similar characters) · fr kif-kif (people having similar characters) · ro care se aseamănă (people having similar characters) · de aus demselben Holz geschnitzt (people having similar characters) · cmn 一路貨 /一路货 (people having similar characters) · it due gocce d'acqua (people having similar characters) · sv lika barn (people having similar characters) · de Leute vom gleichen Schlag (people having similar characters) · ga bráithre aon cheirde (people having similar characters) · pt farinha do mesmo saco (people having similar characters) · ko 동류 (people having similar characters) · ja 同類 (people having similar characters) · ro de aceeași categorie (people having similar characters) · az bir yuvanın quşu (people having similar characters) · pl ludzie ulepieni z tej samej gliny (people having similar characters)