be in the same boat (as somebody)
to be in the same unpleasant situation as someone else

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in the same boat
experiencing the same situation or condition.
Suddenly Paul was in the same boat as any other worker who had lost a job.

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in the same boat
in a similar situation
We are all in the same boat now that our store has gone out of business.

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in the same boat
adv. or adj. phr. In the same trouble; in the same fix; in the same bad situation.
When the town's one factory closed and hundreds of people lost their jobs, all the storekeepers were in the same boat.
Dick was disappointed when Fern refused to marry him, but he knew others were in the same boat.

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