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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

The familiar adage, "Birds of a feather flock together," is not always true, for in winter birds of many a feather often flock together.

From Our Bird Comrades by Leander S. (Leander Sylvester) Keyser

As the old saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together."

From The Rover Boys on Land and Sea The Crusoes of Seven Islands by Edward Stratemeyer

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 Stratton D. Brooks

"Birds of a feather flock together" when it comes to a question of lodging houses.

From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Katharine Lee Bates

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

For in the mind "birds of a feather flock together."

From The Elements of General Method Based on the Principles of Herbart by Charles Alexander McMurry