Meaning of egy húron pendülnek | Babel Free

Definitions

1. they are birds of a feather, they are tarred with the same brush (they are alike)
   colloquial, idiomatic
2. they stick together, they are conspiratorial, thick as thieves
   colloquial, idiomatic

Examples

“1884, Mór Jókai, A lőcsei fehér asszony (The White Woman from Lőcse), chapter XL: http://mek.niif.hu/00800/00837/html/jokai40.htm Éppen most volt szerencsém megérteni, hogy a nagyurak ígérete meg a beteg ember fogadása egy húron pendülnek.”

I have just had the chance to understand that the promise of the rich and the wager of a sick man are birds of a feather.

CEFR level