2006-09-09 22:41:11 · 9 answers · asked by Bikini stop 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Other - Arts & Humanities
In the army.
In war.
In times of disaster.
In times of emotional distress.
People going through situations are able to relate to one another and forge strong bonds.
2006-09-10 00:21:53 · answer #1 · answered by Saffren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you related to George W Bush? Applicate??? Try "apply".
It is a saying used usually in a derogatory sense. It highlights that a certain group of people share a certain characteristic, thus emulating the tendency of certain migratory birds to flock with others of their own species. Normally the characteristic is negative, for example if someone was seen with a group of people known to be dishonest, then it is used to imply that they are also dishonest.
2006-09-10 06:10:28 · answer #2 · answered by Graham I 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The saying basically refers to how when you see a flock of birds, it's usually a large group of the same type of birds (all seagulls, all crows, all geese, etc). Usually people use this in regards to people when people with the same traits or views hang out together. Alot of times it's used in reference to groups of people, such as saying it when referring to goths, or hippies, or the such. People like to hang out with people like them.
2006-09-10 05:44:57 · answer #3 · answered by kineticcars 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is true that ornithogical creatures of identical plummage invariable flock together in the closest possible proximity.
2006-09-13 12:39:12 · answer #4 · answered by Patroneyez 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's another way for them to associate you with your friends...or what I call profiling...guilt by association, it is ridiculous if you ask me I may just go against the norm as I hang out with all kinds of people...whether they be straight edge or known to infraction a law here and there, that doesn't mean that I am the same or will make the same decisions as they would so I prefer to look at people for who they are not who they are around...
2006-09-10 05:50:35 · answer #5 · answered by Skinny 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course it's true if taken literally. birds that fly in flocks do so with birds of their own species.
figuratively, i think it's true as well, in that we tend to gravitate towards people we are like. maybe it's because we're all narcisscists.
2006-09-10 05:45:05 · answer #6 · answered by Gabe S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
scummy crack heads always seem to find each other
you don't get couples with one on the dole and one being MD, do you?
2006-09-10 05:54:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
basically it means that people who have similarites, probably in kin are likely to stick together
2006-09-10 05:44:39 · answer #8 · answered by jo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-10 06:43:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋