in the same boat

Idioms  

1. Also, all in the same boat. In a similar situation, in the same position. For example, Everyone's got too much work—we're all in the same boat. This expression alludes to the risks shared by passengers in a small boat at sea. [Mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

When you're a kid and live under the same roof as your siblings, you're forced to tolerate them.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

My dear Sonitchka," he said, "I knew beforehand that after your marriage you could not live under the same roof as Nikolai.

From A Russian Gentleman by Aksakov, S. T. (Sergei Timofeevich)

But now that I see you, I feel that nothing in the whole world would induce me to live under the same roof as Lord Windermere. 

From Lady Windermere's Fan by Wilde, Oscar

I wouldn't live under the same roof as Miss Nora Lindsay, not for a million a year.

From A Woman Perfected by Marsh, Richard

I 'd like to see the fellow that could live under the same roof as those two women, and not do the best that was in him!

From Polly Oliver's Problem by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith