From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishbe in the same boatbe in the same boatSITUATIONto be in the same difficult situation that someone else is in Others in her profession are in the same boat. → same
Examples from the Corpus
be in the same boat• And Fakhru was in the same boat: calm because he was prepared for the inevitable disaster.• 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! 