IN THE SAME BOAT

  

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IN THE SAME BOAT

Definition: IN THE SAME BOAT

IN THE SAME BOAT

1. In the same situation or predicament. [Colloq.] --F. W. Newman.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Synonyms within Context: IN THE SAME BOAT

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Accompaniment

Verb: accompany, coexist, attend; hang on, wait on; go hand in hand with; synchronize; bear company, keep company; row in the same boat; bring in its train; associate with, couple with.

Cooperation

Side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with; join partnership, enter into partnership with; rally round, follow the lead of; come to, pass over to, come into the views of; be in the same boat, row in the same boat; sail in the same boat; sail on the same tack.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Modern Usage: IN THE SAME BOAT

DomainUsage

Screenplays

We're all in the same boat. (The Big Carnival; writing credit: Walter Newman; Lesser Samuels)

Lyrics

You're in the same boat with a lotta your friends ("9 to 5"; performing artist: Dolly Parton)

Movie/TV Titles

All in the Same Boat (1915)

In the Same Boat (1913)

All in the Same Boat (1979)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: IN THE SAME BOAT

Expressions using "IN THE SAME BOAT": be in the same boat row in the same boat sail in the same boat we are all in the same boat. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: IN THE SAME BOAT

Language Translations for "IN THE SAME BOAT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏واقع في نفس المصيبة, ‏على نفس المنوال. (various references)

   

Czech

  

jsme všichni na stejné lodi (we are all in the same boat). (various references)

   

French

  

nous sommes tous dans la même galère, dans le même fléau. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βράζουμε στο ίδιο καζάνι (we are in the same boat). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

אחים לצר". (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

ugyanabban a helyzetben van (to row in the same boat). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inay ethay amesay oatbay

   

Romanian

  

fi în aceeaşi situaţie (be in the same boat, be in the same box). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

en la misma situación. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

aynı durumda. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: IN THE SAME BOAT

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-e-h-i-m-n-o-s-t-t"

-2 letters: hebetations.

-3 letters: abatements, abominates, entamoebas, haematites, hebetation, maisonette.

-4 letters: abasement, abashment, abatement, abetments, abominate, anatomies, anatomise, anatomist, antiatoms, boehmites, bohemians, entamebas, entamoeba, estaminet, habitants, haematins, haematite, hemateins, hematines, hematites, mainsheet, monteiths, obstinate, staminate, steamboat, thebaines, thionates.

-5 letters: abetment, absinthe, ambients, amboinas, amentias, amniotes, amoebean, animates, anisette, anthemia, antiatom, astatine, asthenia, basement, bathmats, beamiest, betaines.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Expressions
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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