speak the same language

Idioms  

1. Understand one another very well, agree with each other, as in Negotiations went on for days, but finally both sides realized they weren't speaking the same language. This term, alluding to literal understanding of spoken words, dates from the late 1800s.

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Example Sentences

“They’re going to be able to speak the same language really quick. He’s going to be able to get Philip caught up on nuances that may have changed over the years.”

From Los Angeles Times

The other men seem to enjoy my company, even though we don’t speak the same language.

From Literature

"Referring them to East Jerusalem is the shortest distance, the most efficient way, because we have the mechanism. We speak the same language, we're the same culture, in many cases we have medical files for Gazan patients. They've been receiving treatment in East Jerusalem hospitals for more than a decade before the war."

From BBC

“They all speak the same language, but there wasn’t a villain who used sign language. Historically, there have been Deaf criminals, but our history has been marginalized.”

From Los Angeles Times

“She and I just sort of speak the same language immediately,” Bernthal says of the chemistry between him and Colón-Zayas.

From Los Angeles Times