From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe in the same boat (as somebody)be in the same boat (as somebody)SAMEto be in the same unpleasant situation as someone else Everyone has lost their job. We’re all in the same boat. → boat
Examples from the Corpus
be in the same boat (as somebody)• Everyone is in the same boat today.• So we are in the same boat with our ancestors!• We should all be in the same boat.• If marriage is a boat, then many of us are in the same boat! 