in the same boat (as someone)

in the same boat (as someone)
*in the same boat (as someone)
in the same situation; having the same problem. (*Typically: be \in the same boat (as someone); get [into]\in the same boat (as someone).) •

Tom: I'm broke. Can you lend me twenty dollars? Bill: Sorry. I'm in the same boat.

Jane and Mary are both in the same boat. They have been called for jury duty.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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