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  People are attracted to others who are like themselves.
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  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.

Birds of a feather flock together

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1. People are attracted to others who are like themselves.

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birds of a feather (flock together) Idioms  

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2021

Some are in the form of a rhyme—as, "Birds of a feather flock together," and "East and west, home is best."

From Stories That Words Tell Us by Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman) O'Neill

Equivalent to our proverb: "Birds of a feather flock together."

From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould

Birds of a feather flock together: Think of this when the idiot of a cook has boiled the oysters in the sauce, and made them as tough as leather.

From Mr. Punch's After-Dinner Stories by J. A. (John Alexander) Hammerton

Popular psychology has in various proverbs hit at and not entirely missed some of the obvious and contradictory elements: "Opposites attract," "Birds of a feather flock together," and so on.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman

It was Plato who warned "birds of a feather flock together".

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2021

"My momma always said birds of a feather flock together," Ross said.

From Fox News ● Apr. 2, 2019

There is concern that the jury may implicitly conclude that birds of a feather flock together, so a case against one trader means they are all corrupt — or worse.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2017

“We know that birds of a feather flock together, so it’s a good thing to make vaccinating parents more visible.”

From Time ● Apr. 15, 2013

Of course the sweetheart was a crow, for one crow always finds out another, and birds of a feather flock together.

From Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 2 by Charles Herbert Sylvester