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• ПТИЦЫ ОДНОГО ПОЛЕТА coll

[NP; pl only; subj-compl with быть (subj: human, pl); fixed WO]

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⇒ two or more people are very similar in some respect (with regard to views, status, qualities, behavior etc; often in refer, to negative qualities, reprehensible behavior etc):

- X и Y птицы одного полёта{{}}≈ X and Y are birds of a feather;

- X and Y are two of a kind;

- X and Y are tarred with the same brush;

- X and Y are cast in the same mold;

- X and Y are of the same ilk (stripe).