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ОДНА ШАЙКА (ШАЙКА-ЛЁЙКА, ЛАВОЧКА) highly coll , usu. disapprov NP these forms only subj-compl with бытья (subj: human, pi)) (the people in question) are similar to each other, have the same characteristics- usu. the same faults: все они (вы) одна шайка-лейка = they're (you're) all birds of a feather they're (you're) all of the same Ilk (stripe, sort etc) they're (you're) all one gang (in refer, to scheming, plotting etc) they're (you're) in cahoots.