in the same boat

/ɪnðə sˈeɪm bˈəʊt/

/ɪnðə sˈeɪm bˈoʊt/

[phrase]

in the same boat

[PHRASE]

in an unpleasant or difficult situation as same as what another person is experiencing

Examples

1. It was actually also when we realized that we were sort of in the same boat as China and Italy in terms of our death count, in the way that cases have risen.

2. We're all in the same boat after all, so let's have a fact-based discussion about our future.

3. Some Populist leaders, like Tom Watson, argued that black and white poor farmers were in the same boat, but Southern populists were not inclined to take up the fight against segregation, and even Watson himself later began spouting anti-Semitic rhetoric.

4. I have taken-- - I'm in the same boat.