一丘之貉
jat1 jau1 zi1 hok6jat1 jau1 zi1 lok6yī qiū zhī hé
English
- jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
- be tarred with the same brush; birds of a feather; jackals of the same tribe. Means they are as bad as each other. Literally: raccoon dogs from the same hill
粵語 — Cantonese
- 同一個山丘裏面生長嘅樹貉,形體毛色都係相同嘅;比喻為一班同樣低劣嘅人
Examples
咱俩是一丘之貉。
We're birds of a feather.
Tatoeba · soueihin CC BY
咱俩也就是一丘之貉。
Apparently we're just two peas in a pod.
Tatoeba · fenfang557 CC BY
響某啲國家,官員同賊都係一丘之貉,明搶暗偷,無法無天。
In some countries, government officials and thieves are often indistinguishable; they openly rob and secretly steal, operating outside the law.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk