одного поля ягоды

• ОДНОГО <ТОГО ЖЕ, СВОЕГО, НАШЕГО и т.п.> ПОЛЯ ЯГОДА <ЯГОДЫ, ЯГОДКИ> coll

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

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⇒ (in refer, to personality traits, behaviors etc, often negative ones) s.o. is very similar to another (named or implied) person; two or more persons are very similar to each other:

- X и Y одного поля ягоды{{}}≈ 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>;

|| Neg X ≈ не нашего поля ягода{{}}≈ X is cast in a different mold (from us);

- X is of a different breed (from us);

- X is a bird of a different feather (from us).

     ♦ Понимает она хоть капельку Ирунчика или нисколько? Одного они с нею поля ягоды или с разных планет? (Залыгин 1). Had she an ounce of understanding for Irunchik, or none at all? Were they birds of a feather, or were they from different planets? (1a).

     ♦ [Платонов:] Это подобие твоё; разница только в том, что он умней тебя... Одного поля ягоды... (Чехов 1). [Р:] ... He's the same as you, except for having more sense. ...You're both tarred with the same brush... (1b).

     ♦ [Антонина Николаевна:] Я с удовольствием вышла бы замуж за богатого, честного человека, но где такой? Они - не нашего поля ягода (Розов 3). [A.N.:] I would be delighted to marry a rich, honest man, but where is there one? They are birds of a different feather from us (3a).