rowinthesameboat (third-person singular simple presentrows in the same boat,present participlerowing in the same boat,simple past and past participlerowed in the same boat)
- (idiomatic) To be in the same or similar situation.
1986 April 26, James E. Lewis, Vernon J. Grant, “Why Build Hatred When There Was None To Begin With?”, inGay Community News, page 5:If you wish to continue fighting amongst one another; if you wish to continue lying to and about each other; if you wish to continue believing rumors concerning one another, without knowing all the facts; if you wish to continue finding reasons to dissociate yourselves from others of a different race when, in fact, ALL OF US are prisonersrowing in the same boat; if you wish[…]
