我們形容一群烏合之眾，常說是“一丘之貉”，而英語中也有類似的說法，就是birds of a feather. 這短語字面含義是“有同種羽毛的一群鳥”，在用做俗語的時(shí)候，意思是：特性很相同的人。這跟中文里說的“物以類聚，人以群分”的意思很相似。
Birds of a feather這個(gè)俗語經(jīng)常是含貶意的。
下面就是一個(gè)例子，這是一個(gè)爸爸在擔(dān)心他兒子經(jīng)常結(jié)交的朋友。
I wish our boy wouldn't hang around with that crowd! They're birds of a feather - they don't care about getting a job; all they do is drink beer and chase girls. 我希望我兒子不會(huì)跟那群孩子經(jīng)常混在一起。他們都屬于一個(gè)類型，對(duì)于有沒有工作根本不在乎；他們所關(guān)心的就是喝啤酒和找女孩子。
每個(gè)人身處在一個(gè)集體當(dāng)中的時(shí)候都會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)跟某些人合得來，跟某些人合不來。下面是一個(gè)雇員在跟朋友說公司里的事。
I've worked in this office for a couple of years and I can get along with all my colleagues except two. One is able to lie with a straight face and the other likes to play sneaky tricks. They're really birds of a feather. 我已經(jīng)在這個(gè)辦公室工作了兩年，除了兩個(gè)人以外我跟所有的同事都相處得很好。那兩個(gè)人，一個(gè)騙起人來臉不變色。另一個(gè)人喜歡搞陰謀詭計(jì)，他們真是一路貨。
Birds of a feather這個(gè)俗語經(jīng)常是含貶意的。
下面就是一個(gè)例子，這是一個(gè)爸爸在擔(dān)心他兒子經(jīng)常結(jié)交的朋友。
I wish our boy wouldn't hang around with that crowd! They're birds of a feather - they don't care about getting a job; all they do is drink beer and chase girls. 我希望我兒子不會(huì)跟那群孩子經(jīng)常混在一起。他們都屬于一個(gè)類型，對(duì)于有沒有工作根本不在乎；他們所關(guān)心的就是喝啤酒和找女孩子。
每個(gè)人身處在一個(gè)集體當(dāng)中的時(shí)候都會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)跟某些人合得來，跟某些人合不來。下面是一個(gè)雇員在跟朋友說公司里的事。
I've worked in this office for a couple of years and I can get along with all my colleagues except two. One is able to lie with a straight face and the other likes to play sneaky tricks. They're really birds of a feather. 我已經(jīng)在這個(gè)辦公室工作了兩年，除了兩個(gè)人以外我跟所有的同事都相處得很好。那兩個(gè)人，一個(gè)騙起人來臉不變色。另一個(gè)人喜歡搞陰謀詭計(jì)，他們真是一路貨。