What does it mean?
People with shared traits or habits usually seek each other out. The tone is teasing.
Closest English saying: Birds of a feather flock together.
What does it literally say?
Όμοιος τον όμοιο κι η κοπριά στα λάχανα
Ómios ton ómio ki i kopriá sta láhana
“Like goes with like, and the manure with the cabbages.”
Pairing a material with the plant it suits stands for the natural pull towards what is similar.
How is it used?
“The two friends have the same pastimes. Like goes with like, and the manure with the cabbages.”
Where does it come from?
Modern Greek proverbial usage. The wording appears in a published collection; its first historical appearance and etymology have not been verified for this entry.
This is an English edition of the Greek entry, which remains the reference version. The English text was written from the Greek entry with the help of AI tools and checked against it. Suggest a correction ↗