| 单词 | birds of a feather |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbirds of a feather c. birds of a feather and variants: people of the same sort or who have shared sensibilities, tastes, values, etc. Frequently in proverbial phrase birds of a feather flock together. Cf. feather n. 2c. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > in respect of kind [phrase] > of the same kind birds of a feather1545 birds of a feather flock together1581 of the same, that, every, etc. feather1581 1545 W. Turner Rescuynge of Romishe Fox sig. B viii Byrdes of on kynde and color flok and flye allwayes together. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 90v A prying eye, a listning eare, and a prating tongue are all birds of one wing. 1632 D. Lupton London & Countrey Carbonadoed 57 The Tayler and Broker are Birds of a feather. 1757 W. Thompson Royal Navy-men's Advocate 13 note Birds of a Feather flock together. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian vii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 167 I trow thou be'st a bird of the same feather. 1967 S. Marshall Fenland Chron. (1998) ii. ii. 176 Wiggy and my father were real cronies, birds of a feather in every way. 2006 N.Y. Times Mag. 10 Dec. 52 Web sites like Facebook and MySpace, which tend to bring birds of a feather together. < as lemmas |
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