in the same boat

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boat

(bōt)

a. A relatively small, usually open craft of a size that might be carried aboard a ship.

b. An inland vessel of any size.

c. A ship or submarine.

2. A dish shaped like a boat: a sauce boat.

v. boat·ed, boat·ing, boats

v.intr.

1. To travel by boat.

2. To ride a boat for pleasure.

v.tr.

1. To transport by boat.

2. To place in a boat.

Idiom:

in the same boat

In the same situation as another or others.

[Middle English bot, from Old English bāt; see bheid- in Indo-European roots.]

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Translations

na jedné lodi

i samme båd

im gleichen Boot

dans la même galère

ugyanabban a cipõben

á sama báti, í sömu aîstöîu

i samme båt

na jednej lodi

aynı tatsız/kötü durumda

处境相同

boat

(bəut) noun

1. a small vessel for travelling over water. We'll cross the stream by boat.

2. a larger vessel for the same purpose; a ship. to cross the Atlantic in a passenger boat.

3. a serving-dish shaped like a boat. a gravy-boat.

verb

to sail about in a small boat for pleasure. They are boating on the river.

ˈboatman noun

a man in charge of a small boat in which fare-paying passengers are carried.

in the same boat

in the same, usually difficult, position or circumstances. We're all in the same boat as far as low wages are concerned.

ˈspeedboat noun

a fast motor boat.

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Maybe the directors and chairmen were consulted, but we certainly weren't and everybody is in the same boat that I have spoken to, that we are starting too early.