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  People are attracted to others who are like themselves.
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  birds of a feather (flock together)

  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

Cultural  

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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Example Sentences

‘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

Our exclusiveness makes "Birds of a feather flock together" and at the same time fosters our ignorance of, and indifference to, the existence of any other species of bird.

From Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

Laura was reminded of the homely proverb, "Birds of a feather flock together."

From Pencil Sketches or, Outlines of Character and Manners by Leslie, Eliza

If a boy associates with bad company, we may offer the maxim, "Birds of a feather flock together," in proof that he is probably bad too.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

Birds of a feather flock together on the theatre hats.

From The Silly Syclopedia by Lott, Noah [pseud.]