Cada oveja con su pareja

Meaning: Everyone ends up with someone like themselves.

Literally: Each sheep with its own mate

Example: “Los dos son igual de despistados. Cada oveja con su pareja.” — They're both equally scatterbrained: birds of a feather flock together.

Equivalents in English, French, Japanese, German, Italian, and 6 more languages

English: Like will to like.
French: Qui se ressemble s’assemble (literally: Like will to like)
Japanese: 類は友を呼ぶ (Rui wa tomo o yobu) (literally: Like kind calls forth friends)
German: Gleich und gleich gesellt sich gern (literally: Like and like gladly keep company)
Italian: Simili con simili vanno (literally: Like will to like)
Portuguese: Cada qual com o seu igual (literally: Each one with his equal)
Dutch: Soort zoekt soort (literally: Kind seeks kind)
Russian: Рыбак рыбака видит издалека (Rybak rybaka vidit izdaleka) (literally: A fisherman spots a fisherman from afar)
Chinese: 物以类聚 (Wù yǐ lèi jù) (literally: Things gather by kind)
Korean: 가재는 게 편 (Gajaeneun ge pyeon) (literally: The crayfish sides with the crab)
Arabic: الطيور على أشكالها تقع (Aṭ-ṭuyūr ʿalā ashkālihā taqaʿ) (literally: Birds land with their own kind)

Origin: Each sheep with its partner: the rhyme of oveja and pareja pairs them off.

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