Lingaku- birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cowsproverb
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- birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows
This expression means that people with similar characteristics or interests tend to associate with each other. It's often used to suggest that one should associate with like-minded individuals or groups and not mix very different types of people or things.
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うし牛はうし牛づれ連れうま馬はうま馬づれ連れbirds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cowsどうるい同類とつるむto associate with like-minded individualsにたものどうし似た者同士birds of a featherなかま仲間をえらぶ選ぶto choose one's companionsるい類がとも友をよぶ呼ぶlike attracts likeとも友をえらぶ選ぶべしshould choose friends wiselyかかわらない関わらないほう方がよい良いit's better not to get involved withいっしょに一緒にいるとにて似てくるbeing together makes one similarるいじ類似したかんがえ考えかた方をもつ持つto have similar ways of thinkingあくゆう悪友にちゅうい注意be cautious of bad influencesかちかん価値観があう合うゆうじん友人friends with shared values